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, 8 months and 11 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]
History
[edit]In February 2009, Gazprom Space Systems announced a contract with Thales Alenia Space for two satellites: Yamal-401 and Yamal-402.[3] This was the first time a foreign supplier would build a satellite for the domestic Russian market. After much lobby from Russian industry, the contract for the bus and integration of Yamal-401 was cancelled and awarded to ISS Reshetnev, but Thales was allowed to keep the payload supply.[3][4][5]
Launch problem
[edit]On 6 November 2012, the satellite arrives at the launch site of Baikonur.[6] On 8 December 2012, at 13:13:43 UTC, a Proton-M / Briz-M launches Yamal-402 to a geostationary transfer orbit (GTO).[7] The same day, Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center and International Launch Services (ILS) reported an anomaly during the launch in which the Briz-M stage failed 4 minutes before scheduled shut down on its fourth burn.[8][9]
On 10 December 2012, specialists from Thales Alenia Space carried out maneuvers to bring the satellite into its designated orbit after a premature separation from Briz-M.[10][11] On 15 December 2012, Yamal-402 was taken to its planned geostationary orbit at the altitude of 36,000 km following a series of four adjustment operations.[12]
Mission
[edit]The satellite lost 4 years of fuel to compensate for lower than expected orbit injection.[3]
See also
[edit]- Yamal – Communication satellite family operated by Gazprom Space Systems
- Gazprom Space Systems – Satellite communication division of the Russian oil giant Gazprom
- Spacebus (satellite bus) – Satellite platform on which Yamal-402 is based
- Thales Alenia Space – Satellite bus and payload designer and manufacturer
References
[edit]- ^ "December 2012 Launch Calendar". Spaceflight101. Archived from the original on 1 December 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
- ^ "Yamal-402". SatBeams. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Yamal 402". Gunter's Space Page. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ "Thales Alenia Space announces start of Yamal-400 programme". Thales Alenia Space. 28 May 2010. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016. (dead link: archived version)
- ^ "Yamal-402 satellite arrives at Baikonur launch site". Thales Alenia Space. 6 November 2012. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ "ILS Declares Proton Launch Anomaly". ILS. 8 December 2012.
- ^ "ILS Proton-M launches with Yamal-402 satellite". NASASpaceFlight.com. 8 December 2012.
- ^ "Thales Makes Second Attempt to Adjust Yamal Orbit". RIA Novosti. 10 December 2012.
- ^ "Thales Alenia Space statement concerning Yamal-402 satellite". Thales Alenia Space. 10 December 2012. Archived from the original on 21 February 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2016. (dead link: archived version)
- ^ "Troubled Russian Satellite Reaches Designated Orbit". RIA Novosti. 15 December 2012.
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