Names | Ямал-401 Yamal-400 KA-1 |
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Mission type | Communications |
Operator | Gazprom Space Systems |
COSPAR ID | 2014-082A |
SATCAT no. | 40345 |
Website | https://www.gazprom-spacesystems.ru |
Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 9 years, 10 months and 30 days (in progress) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Yamal-401 |
Spacecraft type | Yamal-400 |
Bus | Ekspress-2000 |
Manufacturer | ISS Reshetnev (bus) Thales Alenia Space (payload) |
Launch mass | 2,976 kg (6,561 lb) |
Power | 10.6 kW |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 15 December 2014, 00:16:00 UTC |
Rocket | Proton-M / Briz-M |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 81/24 |
Contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
Entered service | February 2015 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit[1] |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | 90° East |
Transponders | |
Band | 43 transponders: 17 C-band 36 Ku-band |
Coverage area | Russia |
Yamal-401 (Russian: Ямал-401) is a Russian geostationary communications satellite operated by Gazprom Space Systems. It was built by ISS Reshetnev and is based on the Ekspress-2000 satellite bus. It is equipped with 17 C-band and 36 Ku-band transponders.[2] It has a design life of 15 years.