Ekspress-AM-6 [ISS Reshetnev]
Official name EXPRESS AM-6
Alternative name Ekspress-AM 6
Cospar ID 2014-064A
Norad ID 40277
Launch date 2014-10-21
Launch site TTMTR
Launch vehicle Proton-M Briz-M (Ph.3)
Country/Organization Russia
Type application Communication
Operator RSCC (Kosmicheskiya Svyaz)
RCS size LARGE
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 1436.11
Inclination (deg) 0.01
Perigee (km) 35786
Apogee (km) 35788
Eccentricity 2.79431078324531E-05
Mean motion (revs. per day) 1.00270870615761
Semi-Major axis (km) 42165.135
Raan (deg) 283.0743
Arg of perigee (deg) 208.0105
Shape Cyl + 2 Pan
Mass (kg) 3200
Diameter (m) 2
Height (m) 6
Span (m^2) 27
Lifetime 15 years
Contractors ISS Reshetnev (ex NPO Prikladnoi Mekhaniki, NPO PM) (Bus), MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) (Payload)
Equipment 14 C-band, 44 Ku-band, 12 Ka-band, 2 L-band transponders
Propulsion ? × SPT-100 Stationary Plasma Thrusters
Configuration Ekspress-2000
Power 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries

The Ekspress-AM 6 is a communications satellites for Russian domestic communication services.

The lifetime of the spacecraft has been increased to 15 years. While the spacecraft itself is built by Russian RSCC (Kosmicheskiya Svyaz), the communication payloads are built by MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA). It consists of 14 C-band, 44 Ku-band, 12 Ka-band and 2 L-band transponders.

Five transponders are leased to Eutelsat and are marketed under the name Eutelsat 53A since May 2015.

The satellite was launched on a Proton-M Briz-M (Ph.3) rocket from Baikonur. The Briz-M upper stage shut down too early in the 4th burn and left the satellite in a lower than planned orbit (31307 km × 37784 km, 0.7°). The satellite reached the operational geostationary orbit by using its own propulsion.

In March 2020 the five-year-old satellite's Ka-band payload was shut off due to a thermal control system malfunction with the spacecraft.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
EXPRESS AM-6 2014-064A 2014-10-21 TTMTR Proton-M Briz-M (Ph.3)