2026-244Latest orbital launch: Falcon 9 · Starlink Group 15-16 · Oct 27, 2026 · VandenbergLaunch record →
sci-techmaventhe history of spaceflight, in data
  1. Home
  2. Spacecraft
  3. Yamal 300K
// communications · 2012

Yamal 300K

Russian communications satellite launched in 2012. Yamal 300K was launched on November 2, 2012 aboard a Proton-M/Briz-M from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 2012-061BNORAD 38978Russia

Identity

Name in GCAT
Yamal-300K
Common name
Yamal 300K
Payload designation
Yamal-300K N001
International designator
2012-061B
NORAD catalog number
38978
GCAT identifier
S38978
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/727

Mission

Mission type
Communications
Use
Commercial
Program
Yamal
Owner
Gazprom KS
Country
Russia
Builder
OAO M. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems
Platform (bus)
Ekspress-1000H

Launch

Date
November 2, 2012 · 21:04 UTC
Launch record
2012-061Success
Spaceport
Baikonur · pad LC81/24

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
GEO/D
Perigee
35,586 km
Apogee
35,820 km
Inclination
0.18°
Status
In orbit
Last known active
Feb 10, 2023

Size

Mass
1,640 kg
Dry mass
1,500 kg
Length
4.0 m
Diameter
2.00 m
Span
10.0 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q41459 (CC0).