The Yamal-201 communications satellite, which suffered a failure on June 5, will not be repaired. Specialists from RSC Energia are trying to restore its operation, but it is highly unlikely that the satellite can be revived. All...
The operation of the Yamal-201 communications satellite, which suffered a failure on June 5, will not be restored. This was reported by ITAR-TASS, citing a source in the space industry. "The spacecraft will not be operational. Specialists from RSC Energia (the satellite manufacturer) are trying to restore its operation, but it can be said with a high degree of probability that the satellite cannot be "revived"," he said. In turn, Gazprom Space Systems (GSS), which owns the device, clarified to ITAR-TASS that out of four satellites in the GSS orbital grouping, Yamal-201 is the "oldest" (it was launched in 2003) and was supposed to operate until 2015. A special commission is currently investigating the cause of the failure," the company said. GSS also noted that all traffic that was on Yamal-201 has already been transferred to other satellites in the GSS orbital grouping - Yamal-202, Yamal-402 and Yamal-300K. As a result of the failure on June 5 at 12.50 Moscow time, the operation of communication and broadcasting networks using this satellite was disrupted.