30 Aug 1999

Lockheed Martin’s Centaur RL10 Engines Cleared for Flight

 

DENVER, CO, August 30, 1999 – Lockheed Martin has cleared its Atlas II launch vehicle family to resume its 1999 launch schedule, starting with the launch of EchoStar V on an Atlas IIAS on September 10. This will be followed by an Atlas IIA launch of the UHF Follow-On F10 satellite from Cape Canaveral, FL, on September 30 and the EOS Terra-1 spacecraft on an Atlas IIAS from Vandenberg AFB, CA in October.

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20 Aug 1999

ILS Establishes Failure Review Oversight Board for Proton Raduga Launch

 

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 20, 1999 – International Launch Services (ILS), through its Lockheed Khrunichev Energia International, Inc. (LKEI) contracting entity, has established an independent Failure Review Oversight Board to review the results of the Russian Commission's investigation into the July 5, 1999 Proton launch vehicle failure. The Board is made up of experts with experience in failure analysis who have been drawn from within Lockheed Martin, NASA and other companies.

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28 Jul 1999

Angara Signing Statement

MOSCOW, July 28, 1999 – Lockheed Martin Corporation and Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center have signed an agreement to assign worldwide, exclusive marketing and sales rights for Khrunichev’s new Angara family of launch vehicles to International Launch Services (ILS).

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11 Jul 1999

Leonard Dest Named Executive V.P., ILS

 

SAN DIEGO, June 11, 1999 – International Launch Services (ILS) today announced the appointment of Leonard R. Dest as executive vice president. Dest will support President Wilbur C. Trafton in running the day-to-day activities of ILS, focusing on international marketing and sales and customer service.

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18 Jun 1999

Proton Successfully Launches ASTRA 1H Satellite

MOSCOW, June 18, 1999 – A Proton rocket blasted into space this morning from Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Republic of Kazakhstan at 7:49:30 a.m (9:49:30 p.m. USA EDT, June 17) carrying the ASTRA 1H satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit.

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14 Jun 1999

Proton Rocket in Final Preps. to Launch ASTRA 1H

SAN DIEGO, June 14, 1999 – A combined Russian, European and American team is conducting final preparations to launch a Proton rocket on June 18 carrying the ASTRA 1H communications satellite to orbit for Societe Europienne des Satellites (SES). The rocket is scheduled to lift off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Republic of Kazakhstan at 7:49:30 a.m. (9:49:30 p.m. USA EDT, June 17; 01:49:30 GMT, June 18). The launch window is ten minutes long.

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21 May 1999

Proton/Block DM Launches NIMIQ

MOSCOW, May 21 1999 – A Proton rocket lifted off this morning from Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Republic of Kazakhstan at 4:30 a.m (6:30 p.m. USA and Canada EDT, May 20), carrying Telesat Canada’s NIMIQ satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit.

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12 Apr 1999

Atlas IIAS Successfully Launches EUTELSAT W3

CAPE CANAVERAL Air Station, Fla., April 12 1999 – A Lockheed Martin Astronautics Atlas IIAS rocket successfully launched the European W3 communication satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit this evening from Complex 36, Pad A. Liftoff occurred on time at 6:50 p.m. EDT. It was the second successful Atlas launch of 1999 from Cape Canaveral Air Station and the 43rd consecutive successful flight.

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26 Mar 1999

Trafton Named President of ILS

DENVER, March 26, 1999 – Lockheed Martin and its Russian business partners today announce the appointment of Wilbur C. Trafton as president, International Launch Services (ILS). Trafton had been serving as acting president of ILS since last December.

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