RSCC has successfully transferred the current traffic load from Express-АМ22 to Express-AM6 (53°E)

 

14 July 2014

RSCC has successfully completed transferring the Express-АМ22 current traffic load to Express-AM6 spacecraft (53°E).

RSCC specialists are currently proceeding with translating the Express-АМ22 from its 53°E orbital position to 80.1°E. It is planned that the Express-AM22 satellite will start operations in the new orbital slot on 05 August 2015. 

The Russian Satellite Communication Company (RSCC) is the Russian state satellite operator whose spacecraft provide a global coverage. RSCC was founded in 1967 and belongs to the ten largest world satellite operators in terms of satellites and orbital slots. The company possesses the largest satellite constellation in Russia. Satellites located in the orbital arc from 14 West to 145 East and cover the whole territory of Russia, the CIS, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific region, North and South America, and Australia.