RSCC, Hughes Officials Detail Stressful Express-AM6 Recovery Mission May 27, 2020 Resource Type News Articles Categories: Satellite Solutions This article was originally published on satellitetoday.com In March, Russian state satellite operator RSCC announced that it was disconnecting the Ka-band transponders on its Express-AM6 satellite due to degradation of the spacecraft. The satellite originally entered service in 2015. RSCC employed the help of Hughes Network Systems in installing gateway equipment on the RSCC/Eutelsat AMU1 satellite so that it could start transitioning AM6 customers to new spacecraft. And, the partners worked under a brutally short deadline, which was cut even shorter by the (at the time) oncoming COVID-19 pandemic. RSCC Deputy General of Development and Telecommunications System Operations Evgeny Buydinov joined Hughes Network Systems’ Regional Director of Russia & CIS Business Konstantin Lanin for a brief interview with Via Satellite to discuss how the two partners worked remotely to fix a satellite under extreme circumstances. Click here to read the full article online. Related Resources News Articles Building on the Artemis Accords to address space sustainability December 14, 2020 Satellite Operators Adjust as COVID-19 Sweeps Normal Life Away May 28, 2020 Making Internet Accessible and Affordable for Unconnected Populations July 16, 2018 Thales and SES Select Hughes for Next-Generation Aviation Connectivity Network to Provide Increased Capacity, Coverage and Redundancy over the Americas March 08, 2017 How DoD can harness commercial SATCOM’s rapidly changing technology February 06, 2017 Cellular Backhaul – the Killer App for High Throughput Satellites October 15, 2016 A Successful HTS Service - More than the Modems and Transmission June 20, 2016 White Papers Connecting the Unserved and Underserved in Africa October 30, 2020 Connecting the Unserved and Underserved in Asia/Pacific September 22, 2020 Leveraging Hughes Capabilities to Develop A Satellite Broadband Service July 16, 2018 Hughes Lottery System Solutions December 02, 2015 OSS/BSS Services September 01, 2015 Satellites Benefit the Cloud April 27, 2014 Communications on the Move February 27, 2014 Data Sheets HT2600 Series August 13, 2020 HT2200 Satellite Router December 01, 2019 Infographics JUPITER Infographic for Schools July 14, 2020 Hughes Satellite-enabled Community Wifi April 02, 2019 Videos Hughes at Satellite Show 2019 June 03, 2019 4:13 Brochures More Resilient 911 with Broadband Satellite November 01, 2016 Emergency Solutions January 06, 2016 9-1-1 Network Resiliency September 20, 2015 Case Studies Media Networks Latin America (MNLA) January 15, 2015