Russian-owned satellites, Express AT1 and Express AT2, were...

Russian-owned satellites, Express AT1 and Express AT2, were successfully launched Sunday by a Proton M rocket. Eutelsat contracted 15-year leases for transponders across all of the satellites that will principally serve the platforms of direct broadcast satellite companies Tricolor TV and NTV Plus, Eutelsat said in a news release (http://bit.ly/1nyHcpR). Express AT1 will replace an existing satellite at 56 degrees east and Express AT2 will be go to 140 degrees east, it said.