This is a letter from AMSAT Russia Eugene Labutin, RA3APR, to the other AMSAT organizations apologizing for the situation with the new satellite.
Letter from Eugene Labutin regarding Beatnik
Dear AMSAT colleagues,
I was very disappoint to receive message from Bernard Pidoux, f6bvp, president of AMSAT France.
I want to explain the situation on this matter.
Everything what happened does not have any relation to AMSAT-R. All discussion with Swatch Company in Switzerland was made by Space Flight Control Center (SCSC), Vladimir Solovyev and Serge Samburov singed all documents. They do not inform AMSAT-R that they going to sign this contract under the name of AMSAT-R. Everything was made behind AMSAT-R and I have got this information from only f6bvp message. More than this - only three persons of AMSAT-R have right to sign this type of documents - president and two vice presidents.
RA3APR, Eugene Labutin - president of AMSAT-R
RU3AIZ, Alex Matvietz - vice president of AMSAT-R
RA3APW, Karen Tadewosyan - vice president of AMSAT-R
Nobody of these persons was even informed that this contract was signed.
AMSAT-R very sorry for this bad situation, and very sorry that some people using AMSAT-R name in their commercial project.
AMSAT-R apologizes for any trouble witch was brought to amateur satellite community and hope that amateurs in the entire world will understand this situation and separate AMSAT-R and SCSC. AMSAT-R will stop any attempt from SCSC to use AMSAT-R in commercial projects.
Best Regards
Eugene Labutin, RA3APR.
President of AMSAT-R