1st Ukrainian communications satellite " Lybid " accepted by the customer and placed in custody, said Deputy General designer of the organization " Information satellite systems " Yuri Vigansky.
" Lybid " manufactured, fully tested at the plant and delivered to the customer. The final customer is Ukraine. For starting complies with the canadian Firm and for item management - it too, " said Vygodskii, quoted by the RIA " Novosti ". According to him, the contract provides for a term of storage for 2 years. ISS is a leading manufacturer of spacecraft. On Tuesday, the press service of the national Council of Ukraine for television and radio broadcasting has said that Ukraine plans to launch a telecommunications satellite " Lybid-1 " in the first quarter of next year. Remember, the launch of the first Ukrainian telecommunications satellite for technical reasons was postponed several times already. Before its launch planned for 2012, then in 2013, then - not before mid-2014. It is intended for creation of the national satellite communication system of Ukraine. It was noted that this satellite will fully cover the Ukraine with neighbouring countries and North Africa and part of Asia. The total cost of the project on creation of the Ukrainian communications satellite was $ 292 million. These costs were covered by the Canadian export credit Agency, issued for 10 years under the guarantees of the Ukrainian government.

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