The AMOS 2 broadcasting and communications satellite is undergoing final checkout at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in preparation for its launch on a Starsem Soyuz-Fregat vehicle next month.
Originally planned for a mission aboard Ariane 5, AMOS 2 was rescheduled for a Soyuz-Fregat flight in agreement with the satellite’s operator, Spacecom Ltd.
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