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EXPRESS 103
Commercial Communications · RSCC
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A new-generation Russian communications satellite providing capacity across Russia's European territory, Central Asia, and neighboring regions. Express-103 carries advanced payloads for broadband internet delivery and government communications, representing Russia's continued investment in sovereign satellite communications infrastructure amid Western sanctions that have complicated access to foreign satellite technology.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,238–22,245 mi (35,789–35,800 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 45985
- Int’l designator
- 2020-053A
- Launched
- 2020
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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