Tag: ILS

  • Proton rocket ride-share launches Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle

    Proton rocket ride-share launches Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle

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    A Russian Proton-M rocket launched on Wednesday morning at 06:17 EDT (10:17 UTC) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.  Commercially contracted and managed by ILS, the mission used a Proton-M with a Briz-M upper stage to place both the Eutelsat 5 West B satellite and the Mission Extension Vehicle into a Geostationary Transfer Orbit. Eutelsat…

  • ILS Proton M successfully launches AsiaSat-9

    ILS Proton M successfully launches AsiaSat-9

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    International Launch Services (ILS) is upping the pace of its Proton-M launches with another mission following on closely from its Amazonas 5 success. The Russian workhorse – along with its Breeze-M upper stage partner – successfully conducted the launch of the AsiaSat-9 satellite from 200/39 site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch occurred at…

  • ILS Proton M successfully launches AsiaSat-9

    ILS Proton M successfully launches AsiaSat-9

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    International Launch Services (ILS) is upping the pace of its Proton-M launches with another mission following on closely from its Amazonas 5 success. The Russian workhorse – along with its Breeze-M upper stage partner – successfully conducted the launch of the AsiaSat-9 satellite from 200/39 site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch occurred at…

  • ILS Proton-M successfully launches Amazonas 5

    ILS Proton-M successfully launches Amazonas 5

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    International Launch Services (ILS) launched its Proton-M launch vehicle with the Amazonas 5 satellite on Monday. The Russian workhorse – along with its Breeze-M upper stage partner – launched from the 200/39 site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 19:23 UTC on a launch profile that lasted over nine hours before the spacecraft was…

  • ILS Proton-M makes long-awaited return with EchoStar XXI

    ILS Proton-M makes long-awaited return with EchoStar XXI

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    International Launch Services (ILS) returned to action early on Thursday (local time) with the long-awaited launch of its Proton-M launch vehicle with the EchoStar XXI satellite. The Russian workhorse – along with its Breeze-M upper stage partner – launched from Launch Pad 24 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 03:45 UTC on a launch…

  • Busy December to mark end of year global launch salvo

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    Up to 15 orbital launches are set to take place during a very busy December, not counting the opening mission of the month that resulted in the loss of the Progress MS-04 cargo ship that was set to dock with the ISS over the weekend. This month is likely to include the highly anticipated return…

  • ILS announce two future launches, including the test of Orbital ATK’s MEV-1

    ILS announce two future launches, including the test of Orbital ATK’s MEV-1

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    International Launch Services (ILS) is continuing to plan out its future manifest by announcing two new missions via the signing of launch services contracts. The missions both involve EUTELSAT birds, via the first use of a first commercial contract incorporating the use of the newly announced Proton Medium rocket and the first commercial shared launch…

  • ILS Proton M successfully launches Intelsat 31 despite underperformance

    ILS Proton M successfully launches Intelsat 31 despite underperformance

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    International Launch Services (ILS) has launched its Proton M rocket on Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Russian workhorse – successfully lofted the Intelsat-31 communications satellite on a multi-hour flight to its transfer orbit – despite an underperformance from the Proton-M booster than required the Briz-M upper stage to pick up the slack. Proton…

  • ILS Proton M successfully launches Eutelsat-9B

    ILS Proton M successfully launches Eutelsat-9B

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    International Launch Services (ILS) successfully utilized its Proton M rocket to launch the Eutelsat-9B communications satellite on a multi-hour flight to its transfer orbit. The satellite includes a hosted Data Relay System payload for the European Space Agency. Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan was on schedule at 22:20 UTC on Friday. Proton M…

  • ILS Proton M successfully launches Türksat-4B

    ILS Proton M successfully launches Türksat-4B

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    International Launch Services (ILS) utilized its Proton M rocket again on Friday, this time to successfully launch the Türksat-4B communications satellite on what was a multi-hour flight to its transfer orbit. Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan was on schedule at 20:40 UTC. Proton M Mission: The Proton booster used to launch the Türksat-4B satellite is…