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Yamal 401

Mission Reports

Milestone Proton launch opens queue of grounded commercial missions

December 15, 2014 Stephen Clark

A Russian communications satellite lifted off from a snow-covered launch pad in Kazakhstan on Monday, marking the 400th flight of a Proton rocket and the launcher’s first commercial mission in 10 months.

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Photos: Proton rocket blasts off with Yamal 401 satellite

December 15, 2014 Stephen Clark

An International Launch Services Proton rocket blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Monday with the Yamal 401 satellite, a 3.3-ton spacecraft to beam C-band and Ku-band communications services across Russia.

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Live coverage: 400th Proton rocket takes off with Russian satellite

December 14, 2014 Stephen Clark

An International Launch Services Proton rocket launched at 7:16 p.m. EST Sunday (0016 GMT Monday) with the Yamal 401 communications satellite for Gazprom Space Systems. The rocket’s Breeze M upper stage will deploy the spacecraft into geostationary orbit about nine hours after liftoff.

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    May 11, 2025
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    May 10, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 900th Starlink satellite of 2025 during Saturday morning flight
    May 10, 2025
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    May 9, 2025
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