Yamal-601 communications satellite reaches geostationary orbit
The in-orbit service lifetime will be above the 15 contractual years and the satellite is expected to be put in service at the end of the IOT phase.
The in-orbit service lifetime will be above the 15 contractual years and the satellite is expected to be put in service at the end of the IOT phase.
The estimated time of arrival in the required position in the GSO (49 degrees E) is expected to be completed by the end of June 2019.
Russia?s space agency, Roscosmos, announced the Breeze M upper stage released the satellite into the targeted orbit, and officials declared the mission a success.