PARIS – A group of creditors is asking a U.S. court to force the indebted Mexican satellite operator Satmex into Chapter 11 bankruptcy, arguing that a months-long stalemate with the Mexican government is forcing the company into a downward spiral from which it may not recover.

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Peter B. de Selding was the Paris bureau chief for SpaceNews.