Express 80 (will be 80E) & Express 103 (will be 103E)

[Analoguesat]

Express 80 & 103 are currently due to launch on a Proton in April. Both will be serving Russia from the 80E & 103E orbital slots.

 

[solly]

more delay to july or august 2020

 

[solly]

Proton-M/Briz-M | Ekspress-80 & Ekspress-103
International Launch Services | USA
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 31, 2020, 3 a.m.

 

[solly]

Proton-M/Briz-M | Ekspress-80 & Ekspress-103
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RUS
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 29, 2020, 9:27 p.m.

 

[solly]

 

[tempo]

The launch has been postponed for 24 hours due to the additional testing of the Breeze-M booster block.

Russia delays Proton-M carrier rocket launch from Baikonur over additional checks

The launch is now planned for 00:25 a.m. Moscow time on July 31, 2020, according to the Russian federal space agency Roscosmos

tass.com

By the updated info, Express-103 will work at 96.5e position. 103e is its reserve position. Probably this sat will be relocated to 103e later, after Express-AMU3 launch to 96.5e position, or it was decided to swap the positions of these satellites, it isn't clear at the moment.

News. Proton-M with Ekspress satellites rolled out to the launchpad

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome, prelaunch preparations continue to launch the Proton-M carrier rocket with the Briz-M booster and Ekspress-80 and Ekspress-103 Russian spacecraft. According to the working schedule, in the morning of July 26, 2020 the rocket was delivered to the Site No. 200 launchpad...

en.roscosmos.ru

Both satellites will use electro-propolsion engine to reach the geostationary orbit.
Express 80 will travel to the GSO within 152 days, while Express 103 will travel to the GSO within 160 days:

События. Запуск космических аппаратов «Экспресс-103» и «Экспресс-80»

С космодрома Байконур на 31 июля 2020 года в 00:25:19 мск запланирован пуск ракеты-носителя «Протон-М» с разгонным блоком «Бриз-М» и российскими телекоммуникационными космическими аппаратами «Экспресс-103» и «Экспресс-80».

www.roscosmos.ru

The in-orbit testing of both satellites is schedulled to January-February of 2021.

Спутники "Экспресс-80" и "Экспресс-103" могут быть введены в строй в начале 2021 года

В перспективе спутники должны переместиться на свои геостационарные орбиты при помощи собственных электрореактивных двигателей

tass.ru

 

[Marcus_21]

I can't find specific footprints outside of these content in documents.

 

[Marcus_21]

Live launch:

 

[tempo]

Both Express-80 and Express-103 satellites have separated from the Breeze-M booster block successfully:

Новости. Два спутника «Экспресс» выведены на орбиту

Этой ночью, 31 июля 2020 года в 00:25:19 мск, с космодрома Байконур выполнен успешный пуск ракеты-носителя «Протон-М» с разгонным блоком «Бриз-М» и российскими космическими аппаратами «Экспресс-103» и «Экспресс-80» на борту. Активный участок полета «Протона» продолжался в течение 587 секунд...

www.roscosmos.ru

 

[Marcus_21]

For some days I have been detecting telemetry signals, from objects 2020-053A (should be Express-80) frequency 3405,72 RHCP and 2020-053B (should be Express-103) frequency 3404,78 RHCP.

 

[hvdh]

Progress during the last 3 months.
If the trend continues like this, Express-80 could be stationary in 1 or 2 weeks, Express-103 a few weeks later.

 

[italy2006]

any footprint?

 

[hvdh]

Not yet.

 

[tempo]

The testing of Express-80 sat in Ku-band has started this morning at 80,5e position.
Test carrier 11606 V in wide mode was active an hour ago.
Test carrier 11672 H in wide mode was active just a moment ago.
Sorry, can't attach my screenshots atm, will do later.

 

[tempo]

The test carrier 11672 V is active atm, in wide mode

 

[Pierangelo]

Great!

Stength?

Thanks

 

[tempo]

The test carrier 11483 H is active atm in wide mode.

 

[tempo]

Great!

Stength?

Thanks

The strength is low for my 0,9m dish, only 9db by Crazyscan's scale. I don't know why it is weak.

 

[Pierangelo]

150 cm in northern Italy, I Will check the regular trasmissions.

 

[Pierangelo]

Where are you?