Key statistics
Satellite EXPRESS AM-1 at a glance.
Uptime
7622
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.0
Per day
Orbit
OTHER
Other
Inclination
10.9
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for EXPRESS AM-1.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: EXPRESS AM-1
International designator: 2004-043A
Object number (NORAD): 28463
Object ID (CCSDS): 28463
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 1451.731 minutes
Inclination: 10.921 deg
SMA: 42470.204 km
Apoapsis: 36137.614 km
Periapsis: 36046.525 km
RAAN: 42.2504 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00107239
Argument of periapsis: 220.6391 deg
Mean anomaly: 58.1516 deg
Mean motion: 0.99191907 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000072 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 9, 2025, 10:35 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 9, 2025, 6:47 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 EXPRESS AM-1
TLE line 1: 1 28463U 04043A 25252.28332306 .00000072 00000-0 00000-0 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 28463 10.9210 42.2504 0010724 220.6391 58.1516 0.99191907 75926
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite EXPRESS AM-1.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
The Ekspress-AM 1 is a communications satellite for russian domestic communication services. The lifetime of the spacecraft has been increased to 12 years. While the spacecraft itself is built by russian RSCC (Kosmicheskiya Svyaz), the communication payloads is built by NEC.
EXPRESS AM-1 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Proton-K/DM-2M | Ekspress AM-1’, on board a Proton-K/DM-2M space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 29, 2004, 10:11 p.m. from 200/39 (200L).
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Proton-K/DM-2M | Ekspress AM-1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 29, 2004, 10:11 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Proton-K/DM-2M
Launch pad: 200/39 (200L)
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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