Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 02, 2012

Gazprom Space Systems (GSS), a telecommunications arm of Russia's energy giant Gazprom, is planning to launch two Yamal class satellites by the end of 2012, the company's general designer Nikolai Sevastyanov said on Thursday.
GSS, formerly known as Gazcom, already operates a cluster of three Yamal telecoms satellites in orbit.
The Yamal-300K satellite, built by Russia's Reshetnev spa