BADR-5 communications satellite
Eurostar E3000
Separated spacecraft mass: Approx 5,420 kg (11,949 lbs) READ MORE
RESTON, Va, May 28, 2010 – International Launch Services (ILS) today announced the contract for the ILS Proton launch of two commercial satellites, YAMAL 401 and YAMAL 402, for Russian satellite operator, Gazprom Space Systems. Gazprom is the parent company of Gazprom Space Systems and is the world’s largest producer of natural gas. The launches are scheduled for 2012-2013. READ MORE
An ILS Proton will launch the Intelsat 22 satellite for Intelsat S.A., the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services. The Intelsat 22 satellite is under construction by Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems is scheduled for launch in the first half of 2012. The Intelsat 22 mission is part of the Intelsat Multi-Launch Agreement which allowed Intelsat the flexibility to substitute the Intelsat 22 satellite for the previously-announced Intelsat 21 satellite. READ MORE
BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan, April 24, 2010 – International Launch Services (ILS), a leading launch services provider for the global commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the SES-1 satellite directly into geostationary orbit today on an ILS Proton for SES WORLD SKIES, an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG). This was the third ILS Proton launch and the fifth overall Proton launch this year. The SES-1 satellite was also the 22nd consecutive successful Proton launch in 21 months. READ MORE
Payload:
SES-1 communications satellite
Star 2.4E
Separated spacecraft mass: Approx 2,550 kg (5,622 lbs) READ MORE
BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan, March 21, 2010 – International Launch Services (ILS), a leading mission and launch services provider for the global commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the EchoStar XIV satellite into orbit today on an ILS Proton for DISH Network L.L.C., the fastest growing pay-TV provider in America. This was the second ILS Proton launch and the fourth overall Proton launch this year. The EchoStar XIV satellite was also the 21st consecutive successful Proton launch in 20 months and the first commercial flight of the enhanced Phase III Proton. READ MORE
During the Satellite 2010 conference in National Harbor, Maryland, March 15-18, ILS President Frank McKenna participated as a panelist during the session on commercial launch vehicles, entitled “The Launch Vehicle Manifesto: New Options for Evolving Requirements” held on March 16. The session, hosted by Owen Kurtin, Co-Founder and Principal of The Vinland Group LLC, covered a range of topics and issues surrounding the commercial launch sector. Other participants included Jean Yves Le Gall, Arianespace, Kjell Karlsen, Sea Launch, and Yin Liming, of China Great Wall Industry Corp. READ MORE
RESTON, VA / Ottawa, Canada, March 17, 2010 – International Launch Services (ILS) and Telesat, one of the world’s largest fixed satellite services operators, announced today a contract for the ILS Proton launch of Telesat’s Nimiq 6 satellite scheduled for mid-2012.
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Last year was a remarkable year for ILS and Khrunichev with an incredible production and launch rate of 7 commercial and three Federal missions and our ability to integrate, manage and successfully launch in record time the AsiaSat 5 and W7 missions. READ MORE
Reston, VA, March 15, 2010– International Launch Services (ILS) announced two firm missions with the ILS Proton launches of the Intelsat 21 satellite and the Intelsat 23 satellite for Intelsat S.A., the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services. Intelsat 21 is under construction by Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems with a launch planned in early 2012. The Intelsat 23 satellite is being built by Orbital Sciences Corporation, and is slated to launch in late 2011. READ MORE
