It belongs to the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) based in Moscow, Russia.

The remaining 12 transponders, with domestic coverage of the Russian Federation, are commercialised by the RSCC under the name Ekspress-AM22.

The launch took place at 23:00:00 UTC on 28 December 2003, from Site 200/39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.

[3] Successfully deployed into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO), Ekspress-AM22 raised itself into an operational geostationary orbit using its apogee motor.

The satellite can be received in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the most part of Russia.