ILS Launches at Record Pace

 

 

 
FARNBOROUGH AIR SHOW, July 19, 2004 – International Launch Services (ILS), which has amassed the lion's share of launch contracts in 2004, also is sending customers' satellites into orbit at a record pace.

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ILS Proton to launch another satellite for DIRECTV

 

 

 
McLEAN, Va., July 13, 2004 — International Launch Services (ILS) will launch the DIRECTV 8 satellite in the spring of 2005 on a Proton M/Breeze M vehicle, under a new contract with DIRECTV. Financial details were not disclosed.

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ILS Proton to Launch Intelsat Satellite

 

 

 June 9, 2004
Payload: Intelsat 10-02
Eurostar E3000 platform
Spacecraft separated mass: approx. 5,575 kg (12,291 lbs)

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ILS And Proton Successfully Launch Intelsat 10-02 Satellite

 

 

 
BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan, June 17, 2004 – A Russian-built Proton rocket successfully carried the Intelsat 10-02 satellite into orbit today, marking the sixth mission of the year for International Launch Services (ILS).

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Proton Launch of Intelsat 10-02 Satellite Postponed

 

 

 
BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan, June 16, 2004 — The launch of a Proton launch vehicle with the Intelsat 10-02 satellite was postponed today to allow more time to charge the batteries on the satellite.

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ILS Closes Out 2003 With 6 Successful Launches, 11 New Awards

 

 

 
McLEAN, Va., Jan. 6, 2004 — International Launch Services (ILS) wrapped up an outstanding year in 2003, having launched six times, won contracts for 11 new missions and received nine additional assignments for future U.S. government launches.

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ILS Successfully Launches AMC-11 Satellite; Celebrates 5 Missions in 5 Months

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 19, 2004 — International Launch Services (ILS) marked another successful mission tonight, after its Atlas IIAS rocket placed the AMC-11 satellite into orbit for SES AMERICOM.Both the rocket and the satellite were built by Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE:LMT), which is also a partner in the ILS joint venture. This was the fifth launch for ILS in 2004, four of which have been on Atlas rockets. This also was the 72nd consecutive successful launch for the Atlas vehicle family.

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ILS Adds 5th AMERICOM Satellite to 2004 Launch Schedule

 

 

 
McLEAN, Va., May 12, 2004 — International Launch Services (ILS) is adding the launch of the AMC-16 satellite to its Atlas V manifest for the fourth quarter of 2004, resulting in a total of five planned missions this year for a single customer, SES AMERICOM.

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Telesat Chooses ILS to Launch Anik F3; 4th Canadian Satellite to Use Proton Rocket

 

 

 
OTTAWA, April 28, 2004 — International Launch Services (ILS) of the United States and Telesat, one of the world�s leading satellite operators, are teaming up once again to launch a satellite on a Russian rocket. Telesat announced today that it has chosen an ILS Proton/Breeze M launch vehicle for the Anik F3 mission in 2006. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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ILS Scores Triple Play: Contracts to Launch 3 Satellites for SES GLOBAL Companies

 

 

 
McLEAN, Va.; PRINCETON, N.J.; and CHATEAU de BETZDORF, Luxembourg, April 19, 2004 — International Launch Services (ILS) announced today a contract with SES AMERICOM and SES ASTRA, both SES GLOBAL companies, to launch three satellites in 2005 and 2006. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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