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Russian communications satellite
Yamal-202
(
Russian
:
Ямал-202
) is a
geostationary
communications satellite
operated by
Gazprom Space Systems
and built by
RSC Energia
.
[1]
It was, along with
Yamal-201
the second dual launch of the
Yamal
program and the second iteration of the
USP Bus
.
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[3]
It is a 1,320 kg (2,910 lb) satellite with 4,080
watts
of power (3.4
kW
at end of life) on an unpressurized bus.
[4]
It has eight
SPT-70
electric thrusters
by
OKB Fakel
for
station keeping
.
[5]
Its payload is 18
C-band
transponders
supplied by
Space Systems/Loral
.
[6]
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History
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During 1997, even before the launch of their first satellites (
Yamal-101
and
Yamal-102
),
Gazprom Space Systems
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
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Yamal-202 was launched, along Yamal-201, on 24 November 2003 at 06:22:00
UTC
from
Baikonur
Site 81/23
by a
Proton-K
/
Blok DM-2M
directly to
geostationary orbit
.
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The launch and satellite deployment was successful and Yamal-202 was commissioned into service.
[9]
Mission
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As of 22 July 2016, it is still in service and at 12 years and 8 months.
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In 2019, the replacement satellite for "Yamal-202", "Yamal-601" was launched.
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On 19 July 2019, all the networks working on the satellite "Yamal-202", have been transferred into the satellite "
Yamal-601
".
[12]
[13]
On 16 September 2019, at the
IBC-2019
convention in
Amsterdam
, the transfer of the Yamal-202 satellite to the orbital position 163.5° East
longitude
was announced to serve the
Pacific region
.
[14]
[15]
At the end of November 2019, the movement of the Yamal-202 satellite to the orbital position 163.5° East longitude was successfully completed.
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After 16 years of working in 49° East position, in 2019 the satellite was transferred to a new orbital position of 163.5° East.
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See also
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- Yamal-201
? Satellite that was launched together with Yamal-202
- Yamal
? Communication satellite family operated by Gazprom Space Systems
- Gazprom Space Systems
? Satellite communication division of the Russian oil giant
Gazprom
- USP Bus
? The satellite bus on which Yamal-202 is based
- RSC Energia
? The designer and manufacturer of the Yamal-202 satellite
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