Express AMU-1 sera construit par EADS Astrium

10/1/2013 EADS won a competition to produce "Express-AMU1"

European manufacturer EADS Astrium has won the competition for the RSCC manufacture, supply, orbit insertion, commissioning and support of "Express-AMU1", which will be launched in 2015, the value of the contract is 6.35 billion rubles. Russian company took the decision together with three representatives of the French operator Eutelsat, who rented this space vehicle capacity.

The results of the competition outlined in the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Russian Satellite Communications" (RSCC). Winner agrees to make the spacecraft for 26 months, reports ComNews.