Key statistics
Satellite EXPRESS AM-2 at a glance.
Uptime
7525
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.0
Per day
Orbit
OTHER
Other
Inclination
9.2
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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: 1453.99 minutes
Inclination: 9.186 deg
SMA: 42514.24 km
Apoapsis: 36228.548 km
Periapsis: 36043.662 km
RAAN: 57.5097 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0021744
Argument of periapsis: 112.8929 deg
Mean anomaly: 125.7 deg
Mean motion: 0.99037835 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000009 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Nov. 3, 2025, 11:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Nov. 3, 2025, 1:07 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 EXPRESS AM-2
TLE line 1: 1 28629U 05010A 25307.54666376 .00000090 00000-0 00000+0 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 28629 9.1860 57.5097 0021744 112.8929 125.7000 0.99037835 38321
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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