The Moscow City Arbitration Court ruled to throw out the lawsuit filed by the national satellite operator “Satellite Communications” against the company “Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems”. After examining the claim of the state-owned company, the court ruled on November 26 that the demand of “Satellite Communications” to the ISS on repaying the debt of RUR 262.7 million did not have any legal basis. Under the existing procedure, the operator may appeal the arbitration court’s ruling within one month.
None of the parties to the proceedings desired to comment on the situation, as reported by ComNews.
The claims of the company “Space Communications” against the flagship of the Russian satellite construction referred to the contract №11-14/250 dated 12.08.2009. According to this document, by winning the tender, the “Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems” undertook a commitment to work out, design, construct, test, prepare and put into orbit the satellites “Express AM 5” and “Express 6 AM”.
They were put them into orbit and operation long after the scheduled date specified in the contract, and largely due to the ISS’s fault. For example, the unit “Express AM 5” was put into the Earth’s orbit just at the end of 2013 instead of the first quarter of 2012. And the satellite “Express AM 6” was launched two years later than the scheduled time (in October 2014 instead of the third quarter of 2012). The last unit did not succeed in putting into desired position at once, which delayed its operation until April 2015.
The satellites were created by the “Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems” in cooperation with the Scientific and Research Company – Radio Research Institute and the Canadian MDA Corporation under order of the national operator “Satellite Communications”.
