With a highly flexible configuration of fixed and steerable beams, SESAT 2 provides high-power Ku-band capacity over Europe, Africa, the Middle East and central Asia from its location at 53° East.

The satellite has a total of 24 transponders, 12 of which are referred to as SESAT 2 and are leased to Eutelsat by the RSCC (Russian Satellite Communications Company).

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