MISSION NAME
Yamal-101 & 102 102
Status
Success
DATE
6 SEP 1999
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Launch Pad
81/23 (81L)
Description
Yamal-100 is the new generation Russian communications satellite. There were applied key state-of-art technologies in this satellite, including unpressurized modules, sandwich honeycomb constructions, contour antennas.
Proton-K/DM-2M
Rocket Description
The Proton-K was a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and launched from sites 81 and 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.