Yamal 402 at 55° E
also known as Yamal 400 KA-2
Technical details
- Status
- active
- Orbital position
- 55° EChannel line-up at 55° E | Coverage maps
- NORAD number
- 39022
- COSPAR number
- 2012-070A
- Operator
- Gazprom Space Systems
- Manufacturer
- Thales Group
- Model
- Spacebus-4000C3
- Launch
- 08 Dec 2012 from Baikonur Cosmodrome on Proton M
- Launch mass
- 4463 kg
- Expected lifetime
- 15 yrs.
- Beacon
- 11459.5RHCP, 12500RHCP
- Orbit
- GEO
Beams
- Ku-band European beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Northern beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Russian beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Southern beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Steerable beam (Ku band) View footprint
About Yamal 402
46 Ku-band transponders. Due to partial launch failure the satellite was released at lower orbit than expected and the apogee motor fuel was used to boost it to the right orbit. Therefore the expected lifetime is reduced to 11 years.