Regional satellite television networks
At the beginning of the 2000-ies Gazprom Space Systems was very active in the regions. The company was designing and building regional TV networks, which, after having been built, started its service using the capacity of the Yamal satellites.
The company found optimum technical solutions that in combination with a high-quality satellite capacity made TV economical and affordable for regional and local budgets. Gazprom Space Systems built TV satellite systems in 18 Russian regions, through which many Russians got the possibility of watching their regional TV.
Two last networks were built by Gazprom Space Systems in 2009 in Karelia and in the Tula region. Both networks are operates in the С-band through the Yamal-202 satellite.
The regional satellite TV distribution network of the Republic of Karelia supports broadcasting of the regional TV channel from Petrozavodsk (uplink station with an antenna 3.7 meters in diameter) and its reception with antennas 2.4 meters in 58 localities of the republic. The video signal coding method is MPEG-2. This is a typical solution applied by Gazprom Space Systems when building all previous regional TV networks.
The network for the Tula TV channel consists of a uplink station with a 3.7-meter antenna diameter in Tula and eight two-meter receiving stations in the localities of the Tula region. This is the first network built by Gazprom Space Systems, which provides service in a more modern and capacity-saving MPEG-4 standard.
Multi-service telecommunications system of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District
In the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District Gazprom Space Systems established multi-service telecommunications system in the interests of the regional administration. On the basis of this network, the telephony communication, Internet access, data transfer are provided. The center of the network is the town of Salekhard. The number of deployed ground stations is about 40 (with antennas 2.4 and 3.7 meters in diameter). The network functions in the C-band through the Yamal-201 and Yamal-202 satellites and is controlled from Gazprom Space Systems teleport in Dolgoye-Ledovo.
Tomsk State University teleport
In 2004 in Tomsk, Gazprom Space Systems built an teleport whose establishment initiators were the administration of the Tomsk region and Tomsk State University. Using the Yamal-201 satellite (Ku-band) and information-resource centers, this teleport provides with Internet access the educational establishments of the Siberian Federal District. The diameter of the teleport antenna is 5 meters.
Educational network Gymnasium Union of Russia
The satellite communications network project of the Foundation for Education Support was born in 2006 and got the name Gymnasium Union of Russia. Its objective was to combine to one single information and educational network a huge number of schools and gymnasiums located over the entire territory of the Russian Federation, including in heavily accessible areas, near and far foreign countries. The project allowed to master and verify new educational technologies, as well as to improve the quality of education in existing schools and gymnasiums by introducing remote educational programs with attraction of competent professionals in the field of education, culture and art.
By the beginning of 2010, Gazprom Space Systems deployed 350 facilities of information and educational network with the possibility of conducting interactive transmissions on the basis of satellite technologies.
Gazprom Space Systems with optimism looks at the further development of the Foundation for Education Support. In 2010 successful attempts were made to expand the network beyond the boundaries of the Russian Federation: a facility was put into service in Yerevan (Armenia). It is also planned to expand the network further in the other CIS countries, as well as in a number of European countries