Payload: W3A satellite
Eurostar E3000 platform
Separated mass: approx. 4,250 kg (9,370 lbs)Launch Vehicle: Proton M/Breeze M
Weight at liftoff: 691,272 kg (1.5 million lbs), including payload
Height: 61 m (200 ft) READ MORE
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McLean, Va., March 2, 2004 – International Launch Services (ILS) is being recognized for its innovation in the launch vehicle market with an award from PBI Media. READ MORE
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McLEAN, Va., March 2, 2004 — International Launch Services (ILS) will provide a Russian Proton rocket to launch the WORLDSAT 3 communications satellite, under a contract with Alcatel Space of Paris announced today. READ MORE
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| CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., Feb. 5, 2004 – International Launch Services (ILS) scored another success tonight, with the launch of the AMC-10 satellite on board a Lockheed Martin-built Atlas IIAS rocket.The rocket lifted off at 6:46 p.m. from Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 36A, and placed the satellite into a transfer orbit 28 minutes later. The satellite is an A2100 model, built by Lockheed Martin for SES AMERICOM of Princeton, N.J. This was the first launch of the year for ILS. It also is one of four missions for SES AMERICOM on the ILS manifest this year. READ MORE
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Baikonur Cosmodrome, December 29, 2003 — A Proton launch vehicle successfully deployed the Express-AM22 satellite for the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC). The Express-AM22 launch is the first in a five-satellite campaign to enhance the Russian national system capacity by the end of 2005. The launch was performed under the Federal Space Program of Russia and concluded a successful year for the Proton launch vehicle with five launches in 2003. READ MORE
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CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., Dec. 17, 2003 – A Lockheed Martin-built Atlas III rocket carried a Navy communications satellite into orbit tonight, ending the year on a high note for International Launch Services (ILS), with six successful missions. READ MORE
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CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., Dec. 15, 2003 – Tonight's launch attempt of an Atlas III rocket with the Navy's UFO F11 satellite was scrubbed because a temperature measurement was below limit on a piece of ground support equipment. READ MORE
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Baikonur Cosmodrome, December 10, 2003 — A Proton Breeze M launch vehicle successfully deployed a trio of Uragan satellites for the Glonass satellite navigation system. This was the fourth Proton launch in 2003. READ MORE
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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Dec. 2, 2003 — An Atlas IIAS rocket successfully lifted off today at 2:04 a.m. PST (10:04 GMT) from this West Coast launch site, releasing a national security payload into transfer orbit 74 minutes later. READ MORE
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Baikonur Cosmodrome, November 24, 2003 — A Proton launch vehicle lifted off this morning at 9:22 a.m. Moscow time and successfully placed two Yamal-200 telecommunications satellites into geostationary orbit. This was the third Proton launch in 2003. READ MORE
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