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The telecommunications satellite Express-AM6 is destined to make a wide range of modern high-quality telecommunications services, including multi-program digital television and radio broadcasting, and Internet access available to millions of people across Russia, as well as government users and commercial customers.
Express-AM6, like its predecessor the Express-AM5 satellite, was built by ISS-Reshetnev Company in cooperation with the same Russian and Canadian partners – the Radio Research and Development Institute (NIIR) and MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA). The work within the framework of this satellite construction project was split up between the partners the same way as in the Express-AM5 program.
The Express-AM6 satellite is equipped with 11 antennas and 72 active transponders operating in the C-, Ku-, Ka- and L- frequency bands. It is based on ISS-Reshetnev’s heavy-class Express-2000 platform and has a 15-year designed lifespan. Express-AM6 has a power of around 15 kW and weighs some 3400 kilograms.
The same orbit emplacement method as in the Express-AM5 project will be implemented to put Express-AM6 into its geostationary position. It means that this satellite will use its onboard electric propulsion unit to get itself from the transfer orbit to the intended orbital slot of 53 degrees East.
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