UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of December, 2012.
Commission File No. 333-08880
MEXICAN SATELLITES,
a Mexican Company of Variable Capital
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
SATÉLITES MEXICANOS, S.A. DE C.V.
Avenida Paseo de la Reforma No. 222, pisos 20 y 21
Col. Juárez
Delegación Cuauhtémoc
México, D.F., 06600,
México (52)55-2629-5800
(Address of principal executive offices)
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SATÉLITES MEXICANOS, S.A. DE C.V.
On December 12, 2012, Satélites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. (“Satmex”) announced that an extensive three month testing and analysis conducted by COMSAT Technical Services (“CTS”) allow Satmex to extend the estimated remaining useful life ofSatmex 5until October 5, 2013 (the “Satmex 5 Expiration Date”) and thatSatmex 5 has sufficient propellant to continue normal operations until such date. In a previous disclosure in Satmex’s Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, the estimated remaining useful life ofSatmex 5 was 1.14 years from December 31, 2011. In another previous disclosure in Satmex’s report on Form 6-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 25, 2012, Satmex extended such estimate and calculated that the remaining useful life ofSatmex 5would expire on May 4, 2013. CTS’s testing and analysis further extendsSatmex5’s estimated remaining useful life to theSatmex 5 Expiration Date.
On December 12, 2012, Satmex also announced that the launch date, previously scheduled for December 28, 2012 (the “Original Launch Date”), of its C- and Ku- band satellite,Satmex 8, is likely to be delayed due to the Proton Breeze M anomaly (the “Anomaly”) previously disclosed in a press release dated December 8, 2012 by ILS International Launch Services, Inc. (“ILS”). As previously disclosed in Satmex’s report on Form 6-K filed with the SEC on December 27, 2010, Satmex entered into a contract for launch services, ILSB-1006-4488 (the “Launch Services Agreement”), with ILS on December 23, 2010 for the launch ofSatmex 8. In a previous disclosure in Satmex’s report on Form 6-K filed with the SEC on October 25, 2012, Satmex amended the original Launch Window set forth in the Launch Services Agreement, which contemplated a launch date during the third quarter of 2012, and scheduled the launch to take place on the Original Launch Date, as agreed upon by Satmex and ILS on October 12, 2012.
Due to the Anomaly, the Original Launch Date has been postponed by Satmex and ILS pursuant to the provisions of the Launch Service Agreement. The launch ofSatmex 8 is expected to occur prior to theSatmex 5Expiration Date. The Launch Services Agreement has been filed with the SEC as exhibits to Satmex’s Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010. Amendments No. 1 to the Launch Services Agreement, dated as of January 19, 2011, and Amendment No. 2 to the Launch Services Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2011, have been filed with the SEC as exhibits to Satmex’s Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.
A copy of the press release with respect to this matter is attached hereto asExhibit 99.1.
Exhibit No.
Exhibit 99.1 Press Release of Satélites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V., dated December 12, 2012.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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| | Satélites Mexicanos. S.a. De C.v. (registrant) |
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| Date: December 27, 2012 | | By: | | /s/ Verónica Gutiérrez Zamora García |
| | | | Name: | | Verónica Gutiérrez Zamora García |
| | | | Title: | | General Counsel |
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