BAIKONYR. July 7. KAZINFORM The Breeze-M upper stage for the Proton-M launch vehicle that will be used to loft Russian telecommunication satellite Express AM-4, arrived at  Baikonur.
The upper stage will undergo processing at site 92 in the view of launch slated for late August.

The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) has selected a team of Khrunichev Space Center and Astrium to build the Express-AM 4 communications satellite.

The satellite to be positioned at 80°E is equipped with a 63 active transponders operating in L, C, Ku and Ka bands at a payload power of 14 kW for its planned 15-year service life in orbit. Its ten antennaе will provide high performance coverage over the Russian Federation and the CIS countries.

Breeze-M is a Russian orbit insertion upper stage manufactured by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center and used on the Proton-M rocket. The Briz-M upper stage is designed for injecting heavy and/or large payloads into a low, medium-height or high Geosynchronous orbit, the press service of Roscosmos PAO.

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