
Yamal 300K [ISS Reshetnev]
In January 2009 ordered the Yamal-300K communication satellite from ISS Reshetnev as a replacement for the much cancelled Yamal 301 and Yamal 302 satellites. The satellite will be based on the Ekspress-1000N bus and is planned to be launched in 2010.
The Yamal-300K satellite will be launched to the 90E orbital slot, where it will work together with the Yamal-201 satellite.
The satellite is fitted with a combined payload including eight active 72 MHz transponders in C-band and eighteen active 72 MHz transponders in Ku-band.
Yamal-300K will be placed into orbit by a Proton-M Briz-M launch vehicle together with the Telkom 3 satellite in 2011.
The main applications for C-band capacity will be traditional satellite services:
| Nation: | Russia |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication |
| Operator: | Gazprom Space Systems |
| Contractors: | ISS Reshetnev (ex NPO Prikladnoi Mekhaniki, NPO PM) |
| Equipment: | 8 C-Band transponders, 18 Ku-band transponders |
| Configuration: | Ekspress-1000N |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 14 years |
| Mass: | 1640 kg |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yamal 300K (Yamal 300 KA-3) | 2012 | TB | Proton-M Briz-M (Ph.3) | with Luch 5B |