Yamal-102 | |
Names List: | Ямал-102 Yamal-101 (after launch) Yamal-100 KA-1 |
Mission Type: | Communications |
Operator: | Gazprom Space Systems |
Cospar Id: | 1999-047B |
Satcat: | 25897 |
Website: | https://www.gazprom-spacesystems.ru |
Mission Duration: | 12 years (planned) 11 years, 2 months (achieved) |
Spacecraft: | Yamal-102 |
Spacecraft Type: | Yamal-100 |
Spacecraft Bus: | USP Bus |
Manufacturer: | RSC Energia (bus) Space Systems/Loral (payload) |
Power: | 2200 watts |
Launch Date: | 6 September 2009, 16:36:00 UTC |
Launch Rocket: | Proton-K / Blok DM-2M |
Launch Site: | Baikonur, Site 81/23 |
Launch Contractor: | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
Entered Service: | November 1999 |
Disposal Type: | Graveyard orbit |
Deactivated: | 9 August 2010 |
Orbit Reference: | Geocentric orbit |
Orbit Regime: | Geostationary orbit |
Orbit Longitude: | 90° East |
Apsis: | gee |
Trans Band: | 12 C-band |
Trans Coverage: | Russia |
Programme: | Yamal constellation |
Previous Mission: | Yamal-101 |
Next Mission: | Yamal-201 |
Yamal-102 (Russian: Russian: '''Ямал-102''') was a geostationary communications satellite operated by Gazkom and built by RSC Energia. It was, along with Yamal-101 the first communications satellite of the Yamal programme and the first iteration of the USP Bus. It was a satellite with 2200 watts of power (1300 watts available for the payload) on an unpressurized bus. It had eight SPT-70 electric thrusters by OKB Fakel for station keeping. Its payload was 12 C-band equivalent transponders supplied by Space Systems/Loral.
It was launched along Yamal-101 on 6 September 1999 at 16:36:00 UTC from Baikonur Site 81/23 by a Proton-K / Blok DM-2M directly to geostationary orbit. While its twin Yamal-101 failed, Yamal-102 successfully deployed and was commissioned into service. On 9 August 2010, it was decommissioned and sent to a graveyard orbit. The satellite lasted 11 years and 2 months, a bit short of the design life of 12 years.
Right after solar panel deployment Yamal-101 failed irreparably. Thus, Gazprom Space Systems registered Yamal-102 as Yamal-101. This has caused significant confusion but the records are clear that the satellite that failed was, in fact, the original Yamal-101.