Danger Pilot
join:2000-03-14
Fairburn, GA
| reply to trebzon
Re: Updates
More than likely whatever insurance company SES Americom has insured AMC-14 with. It wasn't released into the correct transfer orbit, but by using a sizable amount of the satellites own fuel it may reach it's intended orbit. So it may not be a full payout, if they can manage that. If not they'll probably do a deorbit burn on it and collect the full insurance value.
Dish Net has only leased AMC-14's transponder capacity. So while this will delay their plans, they're not on the hook for the botched launch or satellite.
Here's a story about it over at Spaceflight Now.
»www.spaceflightnow.com/proton/amc14/ |
