Launch of satellite “Yamal-401″ SOGAZ insured for € 280 million – ITAR-TASS

Moscow, Dec. 15 / Press service of the Insurance Group “SOGAZ” / – The launch of the satellite “Yamal-401″, which is December 15, 2014 was successfully launched into the target orbit, was insured insurance group “SOGAZ” . Carrier rocket “Proton-M” with the upper stage “Breeze-M” and the spacecraft was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome December 15, 2014 at 03:16 MSK. and at 12:17 MSK. spacecraft “Yamal-401″ cleanly separated from the upper stage “Breeze-M” to the target orbit and adopted by the management of OAO “Gazprom Space Systems”.

The satellite “Yamal-401″, belonging to “Gazprom Space Systems”, provide insurance coverage against the risks of full and partial loss for the period of a year and start operating in Earth orbit.

The total sum insured under the contract is € 280 million in ruble equivalent. Risks reinsured in domestic and international markets.
Spacecraft “Yamal-401″ – a commercial geostationary telecommunications satellite of large dimension, made of “Information Satellite Systems” Academician MF Reshetnev “with the participation of the French company Thales Alenia Space, which supplied the payload and some of the components of the satellite. The satellite will be installed in position 90 ° c. D., And is designed to increase the chances of groups of telecommunication satellites Yamal.
Since 1999 (and since 2012 – on a competitive basis), SOGAZ insures launch and operation of on-orbit satellite constellation satellites Yamal “Gazprom Space Systems”.

Insurance Group “SOGAZ” unites insurance companies JSC “SOGAZ” Insurance ” TRANSNEFT “, LLC” Insurance company “SK ALROSA”, OJSC IC “SOGAZ-MED”, LLC IC “SOGAZ-LIFE”, LLC “SOT-TRANS”, SOVAG (Germany), “SOGAZ ado Novi Sad” (Serbia) International Medical Center “SOGAZ”, the medical services of the company “SOGAZ Medservis.” At present, the Group’s regional network includes more than 600 units and sales offices throughout Russia. SOGAZ has the highest rating of A ++ rating agency “Expert RA”, international financial strength ratings assigned in A. M. Best (“B ++”, “Stable” outlook) and Standard & amp; Poor’s (“BBB-”, outlook “Stable”).

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