Yamal 301 [Gazkom]
Yamal-300 Satellites are destined for providing telecommunication services in zones, covering a considerable part of Eastern hemisphere.
Yamal-301 Satellite (in 90E orbital position) will give the existing
customers of Yamal-200 satellite further development opportunities by repeating coverage
zones.
Yamal-302 Satellite (in 55E orbital position) is destined for
serving users of European part of Russia, Eastern Europe, Middle East and North Africa.
Main services provided on the basis of Yamal-300 satellite capacity:
Yamal-300 Satellites were scheduled to be launched at the end of 2007, but had been delayed to 2010. Due to the delays, Gazprom cancelled in early 2009 the contract for the Yamal 301 and Yamal 302 satellites and ordered the Yamal 300K satellite as a gapfiller.
Nation: | Russia |
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Type / Application: | Communication |
Operator: | Gazkom → Gazprom Space Systems |
Contractors: | RKK Energiya |
Equipment: | 8 C-band transponders, 6 Ku-band transponders |
Configuration: | USP Bus |
Propulsion: | 8 × SPT-70 Stationary Plasma Thrusters |
Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
Lifetime: | 14 years |
Mass: | 1330 kg |
Orbit: | GEO |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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Yamal 301 (Yamal 300 KA-1) | - | cancelled | Ba | Proton-M Blok-DM-03 | with Yamal 302 |