Tag: Yamal 401
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Photos: Proton rocket blasts off with Yamal 401 satellite
An International Launch Services Proton rocket blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Monday with the Yamal 401 satellite, a 3.3-ton spacecraft to beam C-band and Ku-band communications services across Russia. Credit: Roscosmos Credit: Roscosmos Credit: Roscosmos Credit: Roscosmos Credit: Roscosmos Credit: Roscosmos Credit: Roscosmos Credit: Roscosmos Credit: Khrunichev Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.
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Milestone Proton launch opens queue of grounded commercial missions
The Proton rocket launched at 0016 GMT Monday (7:16 p.m. EST Sunday) with the Yamal 401 communications satellite. Credit: ILS A Russian communications satellite lifted off from a snow-covered launch pad in Kazakhstan on Monday, marking the 400th flight of a Proton rocket and the launcher’s first commercial mission in 10 months. The Yamal 401…
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Live coverage: 400th Proton rocket takes off with Russian satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an International Launch Services Proton rocket with the Yamal 401 communications satellite for Gazprom Space Systems. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.