Names | Ямал-402 Yamal-400 KA-2 |
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Mission type | Communications |
Operator | Gazprom Space Systems |
COSPAR ID | 2012-070A |
SATCAT no. | 39022 |
Website | https://www.gazprom-spacesystems.ru |
Mission duration | 15 years (planned before launch) 11 years (planned after launch) 11 years, 11 months and 6 days (in progress) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Yamal-402 |
Spacecraft type | Yamal-400 |
Bus | Spacebus-4000C3 |
Manufacturer | Thales Alenia Space |
Launch mass | 5,250 kg (11,570 lb) |
Power | 10.8 kW |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 8 December 2012, 13:13:43 UTC |
Rocket | Proton-M / Briz-M |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 200/39 |
Contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
Entered service | February 2013 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | 55° East |
Transponders | |
Band | 46 Ku-band) |
Coverage area | Russia |
Yamal-402 (Russian: Ямал-402) is a Russian geostationary communications satellite. It was launched on 8 December 2012, 13:13:43 UTC from Site 200/39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.[1] It was built by Thales Alenia Space, and is based on the Spacebus-4000C3 satellite bus. It is equipped with 46 Ku-band) transponders.[2] It has a design life of 15 years, but reducing to 11 years expected after launch partial failure.[3]