The Russian space agency today were forced to announce that yet another abnormal case involving withdrawal of a space satellite into orbit. On Saturday at 17:13 MSK to site 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome was launched rocket "Proton-M" with the upper stage "Briz-M" and the new Russian telecommunications satellite "Yamal-402." In the process of elimination to the desired orbit, the spacecraft four minutes before the desired time separated from the upper stage and has not reached the desired height of the orbit. Satellite "Yamal-402" was to replenish group of Russian communications satellites and provide broadcasting to Russia, Western and Central Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
- Russian satellite "Yamal-402" was not put into the right orbit
