Launch News Luch-5A and AMOS-5 atop Proton-M/Briz-M on December 11, 2011

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http://www.spacenews.com/satellite_telecom/spacecom-verge-ordering-large-ka-band-satellite.html

Israeli Spacecom broadcasting and telecom company has fined ISS Reshetnev for $13.5 million for late delivery of AMOS-5 satellite - few month after the contract time for delivery expired.

Also, NK forum tentatively provided information that first Russian equipment to transmit data via Luch-5A satellite will arrive at the ISS no sooner than in 2013.

 

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Space News: Glitch Could Shorten Life of Amos-5 Satellite:

PARIS — The Amos-5 telecommunications satellite launched in December 2011 for commercial fleet operator Spacecom of Israel has suffered a failure of one of its on-board motors that likely will reduce the satellite’s expected service life, Spacecom said.

The company said Amos-5’s prime contractor, ISS Reshetnev of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, estimates that the failure could trim about a year from Amos-5’s expected 15-year operating life, or perhaps more depending on how the situation develops.

A Spacecom official said the manufacturer is evaluating possible mitigation measures that may mean no service-life reduction. In any event, the official said, Amos-5’s customers are not affected by the on-board problem.

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