Yamal-402

Launched the Yamal-402 communications satellite for Gazprom Space Systems, but the Briz-M upper stage's fourth burn shut down about four minutes early, stranding the satellite in a much lower orbit. Ground controllers used Yamal-402's own propellant to reach geostationary orbit, costing roughly four years of service life.

Outcome

Partial

Payload to orbit

5.5 T

Flight

33rd

of 33 Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced flights

Date and time

8 December 2012, 13:13 UTC

Rocket

Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced

Builder

Khrunichev

Launch site

200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Payload

Unknown

International designator

2012-070

Launches in 2012

73rd of 78

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