Proton-M launches Yamal-601 on the way to GEO

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May 30, 2019

Proton rocket and Breeze M upper stage launches the Yamal 601

A Proton-M launch vehicle, with a Briz-M upper stage, launched Yamal-601, a geostationary communications satellite, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, on 30 May 2019, at 17:42 UTC (23:42 local time).

Proton-M launches Yamal-601

A Russian government Proton rocket and Breeze M upper stage launches the Yamal 601 communications satellite for Gazprom Space Systems. Built by ISS Reshetnev with a communications payload from Thales Alenia Space, Yamal 601 will provide video, data and broadband services across Russia, Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

Artistic rendition of the Yamal-601 satellite

Yamal 601 is Russia’s most powerful telecommunications satellite. It will be operated by Gazprom Space Systems, a subsidiary of the Russian oil and gas conglomerate as part of its fleet of Yamal satellites. These spacecraft are used in part to support Gazprom’s own operations; however they are also heavily used for broadcasting. The Yamal 601 satellite falls under the Department of Television and Radio Broadcasting’s Federal Target Program.

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