Russian structures, including the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), not liable in connection with the failure, which ended on Saturday the launch of the carrier rocket “Proton”. The agency Tass source in the international insurance industry, familiar with the details of the launch vehicle insurance terms “Proton” and the Mexican communications satellites that the rocket was put into orbit, KazTAG reports.
According to the information received, the accuracy of which has been confirmed, the insurance company has implemented satellite Marsh, also known as Marsh and McLennan. This – the largest international insurance organizations based in the US, based in New York and a representative office, including in Moscow. There Marsh asked the Ministry of Communications and Transport of Mexico, which is essentially the owner of the satellite.
According to the source, the Mexican unit due MexSat-1, which was to bring into space “Proton”, “was insured for 100% the international insurance market satellites. ” “I can not give an exact figure,” but the satellite was insured for “somewhere in the neighborhood of $ 400 million, and it was fully insured,” the expert said.
«The cost of the satellite is made up of its price plus launch services. Price start was insured during the flight of the launch vehicle. The existing / insurance / Industry practice is that all satellite operators hedge the price of launch services, plus the price of the satellite at the time of launch and an additional 12 months. This means the phase of flight plus 12 months / insurance / coverage of the satellite after its separation from the media, “- said the source.
He stressed that since MexSat-1 was lost even when you try to launch into orbit, which means The satellite is “100% will be fully covered,” that is paid by insurers, including the cost of launch services.
The organizer of the company was starting International Launch Services (ILS), in which the majority share owned by the Russian State Space Scientific Production Center (Khrunichev) Khrunichev. It, in turn, TASS also confirmed that “the launch was commercially insured.” Commenting on the launch of this insurance in ILS indicated that in cases of emergency like this one, “Roskosmos never persecuted».
As previously announced Roscosmos, accident rocket “Proton” occurred at 497 seconds into the flight, when “it was recorded abnormal operation of the third stage motor vehicle.” The accident occurred at an altitude of 161 km.
«The third stage, upper stage and spacecraft almost completely burned in the atmosphere. At the moment, the fact of the fall of unburned components is not fixed “, – he informed the Federal Space Agency. According to his information, the satellite and its launch were insured by the customer, and liability to third parties – by the Russian side.
«Interagency Emergency Commission will consider the causes of abnormal situations and take appropriate decisions,” – added to the Roskosmos.
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