Express AM4R delay to 16 may

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http://www.interfax.ru/russia/365082
Moscow. March 17. INTERFAX.RU - Adjusted launch date telecommunications satellite "Express AM4R" built by European concern "Astrium" (Astrium) commissioned by the state-owned enterprises "Satellite Communications" (RSCC), "Interfax" on Monday at the spaceport.

"The launch of" Express-AM4R "using rocket" Proton-M "and booster" Briz-M "was scheduled for April 6. Several reasons, organizational and technical decided to postpone the start of May 16," - said the agency interlocutor .

He did not specify what exactly prevented to launch on schedule.

Contract for production of "Express-AM4R" was signed in December 2011. "Express AM4R" "repeats its characteristics spacecraft" Express-AM4 ", which in August 2011 was derived when running on an unplanned orbit. Satellite must from geostationary orbit to provide Internet access in remote regions of Russia at popular prices .

Earlier it was reported that the August 18, 2011 into an unplanned orbit helpful communications satellite "Express-AM4", run by the carrier rocket "Proton-M". On the job site booster "Briz-M" between the fourth and fifth inclusions its main engine stopped transmitting telemetry data to Earth. In the design, the unit is not available on the phone.
 
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