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Life of Satmex 5 shortened by XIPS failure

Submit on Saturday, January 30th, 2010 05:58

Satellites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. said that the primary xenon ion propulsion aboard Satmex 5 experienced an uexpected shutdown on 27 January.
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