10 Dec 1999

Terra Earth Observing System Remote Sensing Satellite Ready for Launch

 

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 10, 1999 – A Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS rocket is on the launch pad, and Lockheed Martin, ILS and the U.S. Air Force launch team is in final preparation to launch a remote sensing satellite for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Terra will be launched on December 16 from SLC-3E at Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, USA. The launch window opens at 10:33 a.m. PST and extends 25 minutes to 10:58 a.m. The launch will be broadcast live on NASA TV, which is carried on GE-2, Transponder 9C.

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22 Nov 1999

Atlas IIA Successfully Launches Tenth U.S. Navy UHF Follow-on Program Communications Satellite

CAPE CANAVERAL Air Station, Fla., Nov. 22, 1999 – A Lockheed Martin Astronautics Atlas IIA rocket successfully launched the tenth and final Ultra High Frequency Follow-On (UHF F/O) communications satellite into intermediate transfer orbit this evening from Complex 36, Pad B. The on-time liftoff at 11:06 p.m. Eastern Standard Time was the beginning of a perfect mission for Atlas, which delivered the UHF F10 satellite to an intermediate transfer orbit in just under a half-hour.

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04 Nov 1999

International Launch Services Affirms Proton Manifest

 

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 4, 1999 – International Launch Services (ILS) said today that no launches have been delayed due to the Oct. 27 Proton failure other than the mission that was scheduled for mid-November. That payload, ACeS Garuda 1, will be rescheduled as soon as the timeline for Proton return-to-flight is established and agreed to by ILS and Lockheed Martin's Failure Review Oversight Board.

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28 Oct 1999

International Launch Services Proton Launches On Hold

 

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 28, 1999 – International Launch Services (ILS) said today that commercial Proton launches on its manifest will be on hold until the Russian State Failure Commission concludes its investigation of the Proton/Express launch failure that occurred the evening of Oct. 27 from Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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18 Oct 1999

First Atlas Centaur Launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base

VANDENBERG AFB, CA, December 18, 1999 – Lockheed Martin and ILS successfully launched the EOS Terra remote sensing satellite into sun-synchronous low earth orbit (LEO) this morning for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The satellite, which is a major component of NASA’s Earth Science Enterprise and the first in a series of EOS satellites, was launched on an Atlas IIAS at 10:57:39 a.m. USA PST from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

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14 Oct 1999

Launch Postponement: Proton/ACeS Garuda-1

 

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 14, 1999 – International Launch Services announced today that the ACeS/Garuda-1 launch on a Proton/Block DM from the Baikonur Cosmodrome has been postponed from October 21 to October 31. Technicians are adjusting a valve in the Block DM upper stage fueling system. The need for the adjustment was discovered during the vehicle fueling process but there is no flaw in the valve.

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10 Oct 1999

International Launch Services Offers Launch Solutions to the International Marketplace

 

GENEVA, Oct. 10, 1999 – International Launch Services (ILS) announced today at Telecom '99 a new look at how it will offer launch services to the international satellite-based communications marketplace. In addition, ILS is showcasing the Angara family of rockets, the newest product offering that extends the already successful partnership of Lockheed Martin with Khrunichev Space Center.

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27 Sep 1999

Proton Rocket Successfully Launches LMI-1

MOSCOW, Sept. 27, 1999 – A Proton rocket successfully launched this morning from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Republic of Kazakhstan at 4:30 a.m. (6:30 p.m. USA EDT, Sept. 26) carrying the LMI-1 satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO).

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23 Sep 1999

Atlas Successfully Launches EchoStar V Communications Satellite

CAPE CANAVERAL Air Station, Fla., Sept. 23, 1999 – A Lockheed Martin Astronautics Atlas IIAS rocket successfully launched EchoStar V, a commercial communication satellite that will be operated by EchoStar Communications Corp. based in Littleton, CO. The satellite was placed into geosynchronous transfer orbit after a 2:02 a.m. EDT liftoff from Complex 36, Pad A. It was the third successful Atlas launch of 1999 from Cape Canaveral Air Station and the 44th consecutive successful flight of Atlas.

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