Russian
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communications satellite
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operated by
Gazprom Space Systems
OJSC Gazprom Space Systems (russian: ОАО «Газпром космические системы»), previously known as (Gazcom) (russian: «Газком»), is a Russian communications satellite operator and developer.
Overview
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and built by
RSC Energia
PAO S. P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (russian: Ракетно-космическая корпорация «Энергия» им. С. П. Королёва, Raketno-kosmicheskaya korporatsiya "Energiya" im. S. P. Korolyov ...
. It was, along with Yamal-201 the second dual launch of the Yamal program and the second iteration of the USP Bus. It is a satellite with 4,080
watt
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OKB Fakel
EDB Fakel ( Russian ''ОКБ "Факел"'') is a Russian electric propulsion system development company. It is located in Kaliningrad in Kaliningrad Oblast. It was founded in 1955 as a ''Propulsion laboratory'' of the Soviet Academy of Sciences; ...
transponders
In telecommunications, a transponder is a device that, upon receiving a signal, emits a different signal in response. The term is a blend of ''transmitter'' and ''responder''.
In air navigation or radio frequency identification, a flight tran ...
supplied by
Space Systems/Loral
SSL, formerly Space Systems/Loral, LLC (SS/L), of Palo Alto, California, is a wholly owned manufacturing subsidiary of Maxar Technologies.
SSL designs and builds satellites and space systems for a wide variety of government and commercial cus ...
.
History
During 1997, even before the launch of their first satellites ( Yamal-101 and Yamal-102),
Gazprom Space Systems
OJSC Gazprom Space Systems (russian: ОАО «Газпром космические системы»), previously known as (Gazcom) (russian: «Газком»), is a Russian communications satellite operator and developer.
Overview
Gascom currentl ...
was planning the second generation. At that time, they planned a 24 satellites of the second generation. This extremely aggressive plan was scaled back by 2001 with a plan to launch four Yamal-200 series satellites. The first two, Yamal-201 and Yamal-202 would be launched by 2001 and the second pair, Yamal-203 and Yamal-204 by 2004. Yamal-201 and Yamal-203 would be identical and be positioned at the 90° East orbital position and Yamal-202 and Yamal-204 would also be twins and be positioned at the 49° East.
Launch
Yamal-202 was launched, along Yamal-201, on 24 November 2003 at 06:22:00 UTC from BaikonurSite 81/23 by a
Proton-K
The Proton-K, also designated Proton 8K82K after its GRAU index or SL-12 after its model number, 8K82K, was a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and launched from sites 81 an ...
/ Blok DM-2M directly to geostationary orbit. The launch and satellite deployment was successful and Yamal-202 was commissioned into service.
Mission
As of 22 July 2016, it is still in service and at 12 years and 8 months.
In 2019, the replacement satellite for "Yamal-202", "Yamal-601" was launched. On 19 July 2019, all the networks working on the satellite "Yamal-202", have been transferred into the satellite "
Yamal-601
Yamal-601 (Russian: ) is a Russian geostationary communications satellite ordered by Gazprom Space Systems from Thales Alenia Space (TAS) on the Spacebus-4000C4 satellite bus for its Yamal programme. The satellite has mass of and 11 kW of ...
". On 16 September 2019, at the IBC-2019 convention in
Amsterdam
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, the transfer of the Yamal-202 satellite to the orbital position 163.5° East
longitude
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was announced to serve the
Pacific region
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. At the end of November 2019, the movement of the Yamal-202 satellite to the orbital position 163.5° East longitude was successfully completed. After 16 years of working in 49° East position, in 2019 the satellite was transferred to a new orbital position of 163.5° East.
See also
* Yamal-201 – Satellite that was launched together with Yamal-202
* Yamal – Communication satellite family operated by Gazprom Space Systems
*
Gazprom Space Systems
OJSC Gazprom Space Systems (russian: ОАО «Газпром космические системы»), previously known as (Gazcom) (russian: «Газком»), is a Russian communications satellite operator and developer.
Overview
Gascom currentl ...
– Satellite communication division of the Russian oil giant Gazprom
* USP Bus – The satellite bus on which Yamal-202 is based
*
RSC Energia
PAO S. P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (russian: Ракетно-космическая корпорация «Энергия» им. С. П. Королёва, Raketno-kosmicheskaya korporatsiya "Energiya" im. S. P. Korolyov ...
– The designer and manufacturer of the Yamal-202 satellite