PARIS – The AMC-14 commercial telecommunications satellite that was placed into the wrong orbit in March following a Proton rocket failure has been sold to the U.S. Defense Department for about $15 ...
SES AMERICOM, an SES company, today confirmed that its AMC-14 satellite failed to reach its intended orbit following its launch on board a Russian Proton Breeze-M launch vehicle on March 15. An ...
AMC 14 operator SES Americom and manufacturer Lockheed Martin won’t try to reposition the satellite in geostationary orbit under its own power, and have declared it a total loss. The spacecraft was ...