17 Jul 2009

International Launch Services and Telesat Announce Plans

RESTON, Va. / Ottawa, Ontario, July 17, 2009 – ILS International Launch Services (ILS) and Telesat, the world’s fourth largest fixed satellite services operator, announced a contract today for the launch on an ILS Proton of Telesat’s recently ordered Telstar 14R satellite. Telstar 14R is under construction by Space Systems/Loral in Palo Alto, California, for delivery to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.  ILS and Khrunichev are implementing a mission integration schedule to support a mid-2011 launch.  ILS has launched five Telesat satellites.  A sixth, Telesat’s Nimiq 5, is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on an ILS Proton later this year.

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14 Jul 2009

ILS AND SES Announce the Launch of Quetzsat-1 Satellite in 2011

Reston, VA / Luxembourg, July 14, 2009 – ILS International Launch Services (ILS) and SES (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) today announced the execution of an agreement for the launch of QuetzSat-1 on an ILS Proton in 2011. QuetzSat-1 is under construction by Space Systems/Loral on behalf of SES Satellite Leasing Limited in the Isle of Man.

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10 Jul 2009

Preparations Begin in Baikonur for AsiaSat 5 Launch


BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan,  July, 10, 2009 — The AsiaSat 5 telecommunications satellite arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, today, accompanied by the Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) team. The satellite built by SS/L on the 1300 spacecraft bus will be launched upon a Proton Breeze M rocket in August for Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company, Ltd.

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30 Jun 2009

ILS Proton Successfully Launches SIRIUS FM-5 Satellite


BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan, July 1, 2009 – ILS International Launch Services (ILS), a world leader in providing mission and launch services to the commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the SIRIUS FM-5 satellite into orbit today on an ILS Proton. This was the third commercial mission of the year for ILS and the fifth successful Proton launch of 2009.  ILS has launched the entire SIRIUS three-satellite constellation beginning with the first launch in 2000.

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