Amazonas 4A suffers a major power failure

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Amazonas 4A operating at 61W has recently been confirmed to have suffered a major on-board power supply failure shortly after launch last Spring. Around 50% of the onboard capacity is now none operational, and a major insurance claim has been filed.
Amazonas 5 has been ordered as a replacement and is expected to be launched in 2017.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1404/17amazonas4a/#.VOz7O_msX-Y

http://www.lyngsat.com/Amazonas-4A.html

I have found no information on the Hispasat site about this ?
http://www.hispasat.com/en/satellite-fleet/future-satellites/amazonas-4b
 
You might to add on directv 103w had a severe electronic problem that caused loss of service for 103w customers.
 
william-1 said:
Amazonas 4A operating at 61W has recently been confirmed to have suffered a major on-board power supply failure shortly after launch last Spring. I have found no information on the Hispasat site about this ?
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Did this failure happen in 2014? Maybe that's why nothing is on hispasats website ......cause its old news?
 
This page on the Hispasat site on 05-12-2014..... http://www.hispasat.com/es/sala-de-...adjudica-a-ssl-la-construccion-del-amazonas-5

simply mentions that with the construction of Amazonas 5

'.......mission 4B redefining the mission is one of the measures to minimize the impact of the anomaly detected in the power subsystem Amazon 4A. Thus , the HISPASAT Group not only completed in a short space of time the supply of capacity that would be lost by the incidence of Amazonas 4A, but also have additional capacity in Latin America.....'
 
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