| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Yamal-201 |
| Country of Operator/Owner | Russia |
| Operator/Owner | Gazprom Space Systems |
| Users | Commercial |
| Purpose | Communications |
| Class of Orbit | GEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | 90.05 |
| Perigee (km) | 35773 |
| Apogee (km) | 35800 |
| Eccentricity | 0.000320235313652699 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 0.03 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.1 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 1360 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | |
| Power (watts) | 2000 |
| Date of Launch | 24-11-2003 |
| Expected Lifetime | 12 yrs. |
| Contractor | Rocket-Space Corporation Energia/Alcatel |
| Country of Contractor | Russia/France |
| Launch Site | Baikonur Cosmodrome |
| Launch Vehicle | Proton K |
| COSPAR Number | 2003-053B |
| NORAD Number | 28094 |
| Comments | Nine C-band, 6 Ku-band; provide communications for gas corporation operations throughout Eurasian continent. |