Geostationary
NORAD ID: 38745
Int'l Code: 2012-044B
Perigee: 271.0 km
Apogee: 4,512.9 km
Inclination: 49.9 °
Period: 136.1 minutes
Semi major axis: 8762 km
Launch date: August 6, 2012
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Comments: EXPRESS MD2 was intended to relay data and communications across Russia. The craft was manufactured by Khrunichev and Thales Alenia Space for the Russian Satellite Communications Co., a state-owned spacecraft operator that serves Russia and neighboring countries. The satellite has been placed in a wrong orbit by a Proton-M Russian launcher.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 38745U 12044B 15029.41331417 .00027260 17081-5 76059-3 0 5253
2 38745 049.9184 346.1666 2420365 284.7270 049.9390 10.58341365 93718
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for EXPRESS MD2
