Russia launches two telecommunication satellites
Russia launches two telecommunication satellites Share 12 December 2011 Russian space agency Roscosmos has launched two telecommunication satellites, AMOS-5 and Loutch-5A, onboard a Proton-M carrier rocket from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan. Reshetnev Company designed and manufactured the Amos-5 satellite, which is based on ISS Reshetnev’s Express 1000H unpressurised platform, for the Israeli operator Space Communication with a service span of 15 years. AMOS-5 carries 36 C and Ku-band transponders and will provide communication, broadcasting and broadband services over Africa and ...