A bad couple of weeks for satellite operators

Hot on the heels of the news that Arabsat 4A has been deorbited after its botched Proton launch comes the news that Express AM11 operating at 96.5E has been heavily damaged by an impact from either space debris or a micro-meteorite. The damage is severe enough for the Russians to be planning to deorbit it next week:

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