Geostationary
YAMAL 300K
Commercial Communications · Gazprom Space Systems
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A Yamal satellite providing both commercial and government communications across Russia and neighboring countries. The 300K designation reflects its Ka-band payload for broadband internet, a capability Gazprom added to reach residential customers in Russia's vast underserved regions. Russia has enormous unmet demand for rural broadband — Yamal satellites fill connectivity gaps across the world's largest country.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,241–22,243 mi (35,793–35,797 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 38978
- Int’l designator
- 2012-061B
- Launched
- 2012
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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