26 Oct 1996

Proton and Atlas Selected for ICO Launch Services

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 25, 1996 – International Launch Services (ILS) announced today that Hughes Space and Communications International, Inc. has elected to use four options under existing Proton and Atlas launch service contracts to launch mobile communications satellites for ICO Global Communications.

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07 Oct 1996

Additional Air Force Launches For Atlas IIAS

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 7, 1996 – Lockheed Martin’s Atlas launch vehicle has been selected for the U.S. Air Force’s Atlas IIAS program. A contract for one firm launch and five options was announced by the Air Force on Aug. 30, and an option for a second firm launch was exercised by the Air Force on Sept. 6. This brings the Atlas backlog of firm launch commitments to 29, six military and 23 commercial.

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27 Sep 1996

Proton #220 Successfully Launches Express

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 27, 1996 – International Launch Services is proud to report another successful launch of a Proton launch vehicle on 26 September 1996, at 9:50 p.m., Moscow time. The “Express” satellite was launched by a 4 stage Proton launch vehicle. This Proton was launched from area 200 in Baikonur.

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10 Sep 1996

Proton #219 Successfully Launches INMARSAT III F2

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 10, 1996 – International Launch Services is proud to report another successful launch of a Proton launch vehicle on September 6, 1996, at 9:37 p.m., Moscow time. The “Inmarsat-3” satellite was launched by a 4 stage Proton launch vehicle. This Proton was launched from area 81 in Baikonur. This represents the second launch of a Western built satellite by the Proton launch vehicle.

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08 Sep 1996

AC-123 Successfully Launches GE-1

CAPE CANAVERAL Air Station, Fla., Sept. 8, 1996 – A Lockheed Martin Astronautics Atlas IIA rocket successfully launched the GE-1 commercial communications satellite into supersynchronous transfer orbit this evening from Complex 36, Pad B. It was the fifth successful Atlas launch of 1996 from Cape Canaveral Air Station and the 25th consecutive successful flight for Atlas.

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25 Jul 1996

AC-125 Successfully Launches UHF F/O F7

CAPE CANAVERAL Air Station, Fla., July 25, 1996 – A Lockheed Martin Astronautics Atlas II rocket successfully launched the Ultra High Frequency Follow-On (UHF F/O) F7 communications satellite into intermediate transfer orbit this morning from Complex 36, Pad A. It was the fourth successful Atlas launch of 1996 from Cape Canaveral Air Station and the 24th consecutive successful flight for Atlas.

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24 Jun 1996

SS/Loral Orders First Two Atlas IIAR vehicles

SAN DIEGO, June 24, 1996 – International Launch Services (ILS) has acquired the first commercial customer for the newest Atlas launch vehicle, the IIAR, which is in development at Lockheed Martin Astronautics and scheduled for first flight in 1998 from Cape Canaveral Air Station, FL.

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13 Jun 1996

SES Awards ASTRA 1G Launch to Proton

SAN DIEGO, June 13, 1996 – Societe Europeenne des Satellites (SES) has confirmed that a Proton rocket will launch its ASTRA 1G broadcast satellite in the second quarter of 1997, International Launch Services (ILS) announced today.

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30 May 1996

EchoStar Launches Awarded to Atlas and Proton

SAN DIEGO, May 30, 1996 – International Launch Services (ILS) formally signed a contract today to provide launch services to EchoStar Communications Corp. on each of its two launch vehicles, the Lockheed Martin Atlas and the Russian-built Proton. An Atlas IIAS will launch EchoStar’s third high-power direct broadcast satellite in the time period September 1997 through November 1997, and a Proton will launch EchoStar IV in the first quarter of 1998.

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30 Apr 1996

AC-78 SAX Mission Successful Launch

CAPE CANAVERAL Air Station, Fla., April 30, 1996 – A Lockheed Martin Atlas I rocket, designated AC-78, successfully launched the Satellite per Astronomia a raggi X (SAX) spacecraft early this morning from Complex 36B at Cape Canaveral Air Station, FL. It was the 23rd consecutive successful Atlas launch from Cape Canaveral and the 100th Atlas/Centaur mission.

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