Official name EKRAN 19
Alternative name Ekran-M 19
Cospar ID 1988-108A
Norad ID 19683
Launch date 1988-12-10
Launch site TTMTR
Launch vehicle Proton-K Blok-DM-2
Country/Organization USSR / Russia
Type application Communication, direct broadcasting
Operator RSCC (Kosmicheskiya Svyaz)
RCS size LARGE
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 1489.88
Inclination (deg) 13.97
Perigee (km) 36718
Apogee (km) 36948
Eccentricity 0.0031222002009068
Mean motion (revs. per day) 0.966520793620963
Semi-Major axis (km) 43211.135
Raan (deg) 339.0769
Arg of perigee (deg) 202.6959
Shape Cyl + 2 Pan + 1 Plate
Mass (kg) 1952.43
Diameter (m) 2.5
Height (m) 5.5
Span (m^2) 9
Lifetime 9 years
Contractors NPO Prikladnoi Mekhaniki (NPO PM)
Equipment 1 (+1) UHF 200 W transponder, C-band uplink
Configuration KAUR-3
Power 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries

Ekran-M continued the colour television broadcast to community users in Siberia and the Far North.

The Ekran-M spacecraft were upgraded versions of the original Ekran craft and an augmented solar arrays to provide 1.8 kW of power. Most significantly, the lifetime of the satellites was increased from 3 to 9 years, which several crafts surpased.

A modified Ekran-M, called Ekran-D, was proposed to permit digital transmissions of a broader assortment of information. The Ekran-D has not appeared yet.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
COSMOS 1817 1987-010A 1987-01-30 TTMTR Proton-K Blok-DM-2
EKRAN 17 1987-109A 1987-12-27 TTMTR Proton-K Blok-DM-2
EKRAN 19 1988-108A 1988-12-10 TTMTR Proton-K Blok-DM-2
EKRAN 20 1992-074A 1992-10-30 TTMTR Proton-K Blok-DM-2
EKRAN 21 2001-014A 2001-04-07 TTMTR Proton-M Briz-M (Mod 1)