Für die Probleme bei den ersten Satelliten will O3b 321 Millionen vom Versicherer haben:
Hallo,
Mehr dazu auf Spacenews:
http://www.spacenews.com/article/launch-report/41213soyuz-rocket-launches-second-batch-of-o3b-satellites-from-french-guianaO3b, based in Britain’s Channel Islands, has already started limited commercial operations with its first four satellites, which launched in June 2013, despite a power defect that does not affect their performance but is expected to shorten their contractual 10-year operating life.
The issue prompted the company to file a claim with its insurance underwriters for about $240 million; a separate claim for another $81 million was filed more recently. Both are still being reviewed by the underwriters.
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Hmm, ich versteh das nicht so ganz. Kann O3b jetzt Geld von der Versicherung verlangen, weil Möglichkeit besteht, daß die
ersten Satelliten kurzfristig ausfallen könnten? Aber trotzdem die defektanfälligen Satelliten weiter nutzen, solange es geht?
Oder wollen sie die ersten Satelliten als Verlust erklären?
Industry officials said it is uncertain when the satellites’ power will fall to levels that materially degrade service quality. That is not yet the case, but the situation has increased the pressure to get more satellites on orbit and thus created tensions with the executive commission of the European Union, which wanted its own Galileo positioning, navigation and timing satellites to be launched aboard the Soyuz ahead of O3b.
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The onboard power problem forced O3b to forgo a 2013 launch on the Soyuz, and upended Arianespace’s planned 2013 flight manifest and revenue forecast. The European Union’s Galileo network faced similar satellite-delivery delays, pushing its launches to 2014. The first of those Galileo launches is now scheduled for late August, with second slated for late this year.
But O3b and SES officials in recent weeks have maintained pressure on Arianespace for a late-2014 launch, which likely would mean pushing Galileo into 2015.
Die Probleme mit den ersten 4 O3b-Satelliten verschärfen die Konkurrenz-Situation zwischen O3b und Galileo-FOC um die Sojus bei Arianespace.
O3b und SES möchten, daß der Sojus-Start Ende 2014 (VS10) einen dritten Satz O3b-Satelliten in die Umlaufbahn bringt.
Der 2. Galileo-FOC Start würde sich dann nach 2015 verschieben.
Geht das schon wieder los?
