Yamal-201 (Russian: Ямал-201) was a geostationary communications satellite operated by Gazprom Space Systems and built by RSC Energia.

[1] It was, along with Yamal-202 the second dual launch of the Yamal programme and the second iteration of the USP Bus.

[2][3] It was a 1,360 kg (3,000 lb) satellite with 4,080 watts of power (3.4 kW at end of life) on an unpressurized bus.

[6][7] During 1997, even before the launch of their first satellites (Yamal-101 and Yamal-102), Gazprom Space Systems was planning the second generation.

Yamal-201 was launched, along Yamal 202, on 24 November 2003 at 06:22:00 UTC from Baikonur Site 81/23 by a Proton-K / Blok DM-2M directly to geostationary orbit.