Yamal-402 Launch

On December 8 at 17:13:43 Moscow time the Proton launch vehicle with the Yamal-402 spacecraft was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

On December 8 at 17:13:43 Moscow time the Proton launch vehicle with the Yamal-402 spacecraft was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

On December 9 at 02:12:51 the satellite separated from the Breeze-M upper stage. Yamal-402 was put into the transfer orbit with the parameters different from the designed ones due to the fourth and final burn of the Breeze M engine ended four minutes before the set time.

According to the procedures set the MCC of Thales Alenia Space (Cannes, France) took the control over the spacecraft.

Under the nominal procedures Thales Alenia Space began moving the satellite from the transfer to the geostationary orbit by using propulsion system. The first burn was duly made today after the midnight. To move the satellite to the geostationary orbit a total number of four such burns is needed.

Now all the satellite’s systems are functioning normally. Yamal-402 IOT will be made within the month, after that the satellite will be put into nominal operation and transferred from Thales Alenia Space to Gazprom Space Systems.


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