MOSCOW. Dec 9 (Interfax-AVN) - The Russian state unitary enterprise Space Communications refuted reports that a tender on designing and building Express-AM5 and Express-AM6 telecommunication satellites has been canceled.
"We did not received official notifications from the Communication and Mass Media Ministry that the tender was suspended. This can be considered as a rumor until this information is official confirmed," the company told Interfax-AVN, commenting on media reports that the tender could be canceled at the ministry's insistence.
The contract to build to satellites is worth 7.4 billion rubles. The Russia's Khrunichev Space Research and Production Center and the Information Satellite Systems are taking part in the tender.