CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., Oct. 11, 2001 – An Atlas IIAS rocket lifted off late last night, successfully carrying a national security payload into orbit.
MOSCOW, Oct. 6, 2001 – Today at 20:45 p.m. Moscow Time (16:45 GMT) a Proton K successfully launched a Russian military satellite. The launch vehicle is manufactured by Khrunichev Space Center.
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Sept. 8, 2001 – An Atlas IIAS rocket successfully lifted off today at 8:24 a.m. PDT (15:24 p.m. GMT) today from this West Coast launch site, releasing a national security payload into transfer orbit 66 minutes later.
MOSCOW, Aug. 31 2001 – The following is adapted from a Khrunichev press release: Energomash successfully completed the second fire test of the RD-191 engine on 28 August. In accordance with the program the test duration was 10 seconds. The engine is being developed to use in the first stage of the Angara family LV including reusable stage booster Baikal.
MOSCOW, Aug. 27, 2001 – The following information is adapted from a press release by Khrunichev: On 25 August at 00:35 Moscow Time a launch crew of Russian Space Forces successfully launched a LV Proton-K with a military satellite Cosmos from Launch Pad #24 in Baikonur. The launch vehicle has been manufactured by Khrunichev Space Center.
McLEAN, Va., July 25, 2001 – International Launch Services (ILS) and Inmarsat Ventures plc signed a contract this week for the launch of at least one of Inmarsat's next-generation satellites, the Inmarsat I-4, during 2003/2004 using the Atlas V rocket. Financial terms were not disclosed.
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., July 23, 2001 – An Atlas IIA rocket successfully carried the GOES-M weather satellite into space during an early morning launch today.
McLEAN, Va., June 28, 2001 – International Launch Services (ILS) is scheduled to launch Telesat Canada's Nimiq 2 satellite in late 2002 on an Atlas V rocket, under a contract announced today with the satellite's builder, Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems (LMCSS).
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., June 19, 2001 – An Atlas IIAS rocket carried a satellite for ICO Global Communications into orbit early this morning, marking the first Atlas launch of the year for International Launch Services (ILS).
