Geostationary
NORAD ID: 39022
Int'l Code: 2012-070A
Perigee: 35,780.1 km
Apogee: 35,806.4 km
Inclination: 0.0 °
Period: 1,436.1 minutes
Semi major axis: 42164 km
Launch date: December 8, 2012
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Comments: YAMAL 402 was supposed to maneuver itself into a circular geosynchronous orbit 22,300 miles (35,888 km) up and lowering inclination where it can match Earth's rotation and appear parked over the equator at 55 degrees East longitude to begin a 15-year service life. However the upper stage of the heavy-lift Proton rocket failed to perform the full duration of its final boost-burn, leaving YAMAL 402 in a lower-than-planned orbit at the end of a 9-hour flight from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 39022U 12070A 13142.01124944 .00000088 00000-0 10000-3 0 1343
2 39022 000.0122 350.4257 0003119 078.9452 229.3824 01.00273720 1720
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for YAMAL 402
