ILS Concludes the Review of the Centenario Proton Launch Failure Investigation

The International Launch Services (ILS) Failure Review Oversight Board (FROB) concluded its work, concurring with the most probable cause and the associated corrective action plan which were identified by the Russian Interagency Commission (IAC) as a result of the May 16 Proton launch vehicle failure carrying the Centenario spacecraft.
The members of the FROB reviewed the findings and conclusions from the IAC along with results from testing and investigations that the IAC directed to be performed by Khrunichev and their subsidiaries.

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ILS DECLARES PROTON LAUNCH ANOMALY

BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan, May 16, 2015– Khrunichev and International Launch Services (ILS) regret to announce an anomaly during today's Proton mission with the Centenario satellite. The satellite was built for Mexican government’s Ministry of Communications and Transportation, the Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT) by Boeing Satellite Systems International.

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Inmarsat-5 F3 | SC Off-Load

After the Antonov arrived carrying the Inmarsat-5 F3 SC at 10:00 on 1 May, the teams performed a flawless off-load. The SC then took a train ride to the 92A50 processing facility and arrived around 21:00, and was tucked safely away for the night in Hall 101.
The teams were back at it on 2 May performing the fitcheck that went succesfully in preparation to moving the SC into Hall 103A for SC standalone processing.

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