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EXPRESS-AMU1

Direct-to-Home Broadcasting · RSCC

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Russia's Express-AMU1 provides direct-to-home TV broadcasting across Russia — the backbone of Russian national television distribution. It replaced older Soviet-era satellites that had sustained the national broadcasting network through economic chaos and carried Russian state channels to all 11 time zones. Control of satellite TV distribution gives the Russian government a powerful tool for national information management across its vast territory.

Its orbit

Orbit
Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
Altitude
22,234–22,249 mi (35,783–35,806 km)
Inclination
0.0°
One orbit
23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
NORAD ID
41191
Int’l designator
2015-082A
Launched
2015

Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.

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