Key statistics
Satellite EXPRESS AM-2 at a glance.
Uptime
7352
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.0
Per day
Orbit
OTHER
Other
Inclination
8.8
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for EXPRESS AM-2.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: EXPRESS AM-2
International designator: 2005-010A
Object number (NORAD): 28629
Object ID (CCSDS): 28629
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 1453.952 minutes
Inclination: 8.7833 deg
SMA: 42513.51 km
Apoapsis: 36219.442 km
Periapsis: 36051.309 km
RAAN: 59.1855 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0019774
Argument of periapsis: 88.713 deg
Mean anomaly: 77.8577 deg
Mean motion: 0.99040383 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000118 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 14, 2025, 3:37 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 13, 2025, 4:28 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 EXPRESS AM-2
TLE line 1: 1 28629U 05010A 25133.68669906 -.00000118 00000-0 00000-0 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 28629 8.7833 59.1855 0019774 88.7130 77.8577 0.99040383 36608
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite EXPRESS AM-2.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
The Ekspress-AM 2 and 3 series are communications satellites for russian domestic communication services. The lifetime of the spacecraft has been increased to 12 years.
EXPRESS AM-2 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Proton-K/DM-2M | Ekspress AM-2’, on board a Proton-K/DM-2M space rocket.
The launch took place on March 29, 2005, 9:31 p.m. from 200/39 (200L).
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Proton-K/DM-2M | Ekspress AM-2
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 29, 2005, 9:31 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Proton-K/DM-2M
Launch pad: 200/39 (200L)
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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