Ekspress AT1
Ekspress AT1 is a Russian Direct-To-Home broadcasting satellite which was launched on 15 March 2014. Part of the Ekspress series of geostationary communications satellites, it is owned and operated by the Russian Satellite Communications Company. It is based on the Ekspress-1000H satellite bus manufactured by Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev. Its mass at launch is 1672 kg, and the power allocated to the payload is about 5600 watts. The satellite carries 32 Ku-band transponders, providing satellite television to western and central Russia, as well as western and central Siberia, and almost all of Kazakhstan. The planned service life of the satellite is at least 15 years. It was launched in the framework of Russian Federal Space Program for 2006-2015, approved by the Government Decree No. 635 signed on 22 October 2005 by Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov.
