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December 09, 2012

Russia Set to Launch Telecoms Satellite for Gazprom
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 10, 2012
A Proton-M carrier rocket will lift off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Saturday to orbit a Yamal class telecoms satellite for Gazprom Space Systems (GSS), a telecommunications arm of Russia's energy giant Gazprom. The Yamal-402 satellite, built by Thales Alenia Space, is equipped with 46 Ku-band transponders providing for the coverage zone over the most part of the territory of Russia, CIS, Europe, Middle East and Africa. "The lift off is scheduled for 05.13 p.m. Moscow time ... read more

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