ILS/Lockheed Martin Atlas V Gets Go-Ahead for 2nd Air Force EELV Mission

 

 

 
McLEAN, Va., Nov. 3, 2003 – The U.S. Air Force has authorized International Launch Services (ILS) to begin integrating the Wideband Gapfiller Satellite #3 (WGS-3) with the Atlas V rocket, as the second mission ordered from the company under the government's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program.

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ARABSAT Selects ILS for 2 Proton Launches

 

 

 
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 21, 2003 – The Arab Satellite Communications Organization (ARABSAT) has selected International Launch Services (ILS) of the United States to launch its next two satellites on Proton/Breeze M launch vehicles. Financial details were not disclosed.

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ILS to Launch Amazonas Satellite in HISPASAT’s 3rd Mission with ILS

 

 

 
MADRID, Spain, Sept. 9, 2003 – International Launch Services (ILS) of the United States will launch the Amazonas satellite for HISPASAT of Spain on a Proton/Breeze M vehicle next year under a contract announced today. This is the third launch pairing for HISPASAT and ILS, who saw the successful flights of HISPASAT 1C in 2000 and HISPASAT 1D in 2002 on Atlas IIAS vehicles from Cape Canaveral, Fla.

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ILS to Launch SES AMERICOM Satellite for Broadband Services Next Year

 

 

 
PARIS, Sept. 8, 2003 — International Launch Services (ILS) and SES AMERICOM have set the launch of the AMC-15 satellite for the second half of 2004 on a Proton launch vehicle. The companies made the announcement today during the Euroconsult World Satellite Business Week conference.

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ILS Proton to Launch Malaysian Satellite

 

 

 
McLean, Va., Sept. 5, 2003 — International Launch Services (ILS) today announced a contract with Binariang Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. to launch the MEASAT-3 satellite in 2005. Financial details were not disclosed.

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NASA Awards ILS and Atlas V Mission to Pluto in 2006

 

 

 
McLEAN, Va., July 24, 2003 – NASA has chosen the Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Atlas V rocket, offered by International Launch Services (ILS), to launch the Pluto New Horizons mission in January 2006.

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ILS Launches Rainbow 1 Satellite

 

 

 
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., July 17, 2003 — International Launch Services (ILS) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) successfully launched the Rainbow 1 satellite today – the third flight for the Atlas V vehicle since the rocket debuted last summer.

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300th Mission Flown by Proton Vehicle

 

 

 
BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan, June 7, 2003 — A Proton rocket successfully placed the AMC-9 satellite into orbit this morning for Alcatel Space and SES AMERICOM. The launch was conducted by the U.S.-Russian joint venture International Launch Services (ILS).

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Proton Launch Advisory: AMC-9

 

 

 June 2, 2003-
Payload: AMC-9
Spacebus 3000B3 platform
Separated mass: approx. 4,100 kg (9,039 lbs)

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Atlas V Team Begins Launch Preparations for AV-003

 

 

 
MEETS MILESTONES FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE CONFIGURATION

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