Luch 5B

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Luch 5B
CeBIT 2011 Samstag PD 108.JPG
Model of Luch 5A at CeBIT in 2011
Mission type Communications
Operator Roskosmos
COSPAR ID 2012-061A [1]
SATCAT no. 38977 [1]
Mission duration10 years (planned)
12 years, 12 days (in progress)
Spacecraft properties
Bus Ekspress-1000AM [2]
Manufacturer JSC Information Satellite Systems
Launch mass1,148 kilograms (2,531 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date2 November 2012, 21:04 (2012-11-02UTC21:04Z) UTC
Rocket Proton-M/Briz-M
Launch site Baikonur 81/24 [1]
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Geosynchronous

Luch 5B (Russian:Луч-5Б meaning ray and sometimes transliterated as Loutch-5B) is a Russian Luch relay satellite which transmits data from the Russian Orbital Segment of the International Space Station, and from other satellites in low Earth orbit. It is in geosynchronous orbit.

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Luch

Luch 5B is one of three Luch relay satellites. Luch 5A was launched on 11 December 2011 and Luch 5V was launched on 28 April 2014. [2] They are dual purpose satellites with both military and civil uses, and are similar to those in the US Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System. [3]

Luch 5B was built by JSC Information Satellite Systems using the Ekspress-1000A bus. It has 4 S and Ku band channels with repeaters manufactured by Thales Alenia Space and other equipment manufactured by Sumitomo. The Ku band antenna operates at up to 150 Mbit/s and the S band antenna at up to 5 Mbit/s. The satellite also has a "laser-radio channel". [2] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

The satellite is designed to relay data from the ISS, satellites in low earth orbit and rocket launch vehicles. [5] [7]

Luch 5B is located at 16° W.

Launch

Luch 5B was launched on 2 November 2012 with satellite Yamal 300K. It was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome launchpad 81/24 by a Proton-M rocket with a Briz-M upper stage. It was launched at 21:04 UTC and after four burns of the Briz-M upper stage it was placed into geosynchronous transfer orbit at 06:33 UTC on 3 November. [1]

The launch was delayed from 30 August 2012 due to the failure of the launch of Telkom-3 and Ekspress MD2 in August 2012. [1]

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