NPO-PM To Build Express-A1 Replacement

NPO Prikladnoy Mekhaniki (NPO PM), Krasnoyarsk, will build a communications satellite to replace the Express-A1 satellite that was lost last October. NPO PM has signed a contract with Kosmicheskaya Svyaz, which operates the state communications satellite network. The new Express-A series satellite will be paid for by the insurance Kosmicheskaya Svyaz received for the lost satellite. The new satellite will be built in 15 months. The satellite will add an additional channel in the L- band to support the existing satellite mobile communications network for ground, sea and air users.
  

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