Official name EKRAN 20
Alternative name Ekran-M 20
Cospar ID 1992-074A
Norad ID 22210
Launch date 1992-10-30
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) 1436.71
Inclination (deg) 13.92
Perigee (km) 35776
Apogee (km) 35821
Eccentricity 0.000628517954662905
Mean motion (revs. per day) 1.00228995413131
Semi-Major axis (km) 42176.635
Raan (deg) 347.1281
Arg of perigee (deg) 179.2778
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)