21 Mar 1999

Proton Successfully Launches AsiaSat 3S Satellite

MOSCOW, March 21, 1999 – A Proton rocket lifted off this morning from Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Republic of Kazakhstan at 5:09:30 a.m (8:09:30 a.m. Hong Kong, 7:09:30 p.m. USA EST, March 20) successfully carrying the AsiaSat 3S commercial communications satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit.

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15 Feb 1999

Proton Successfully Launches Telstar 6 Satellite

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 15, 1999 – A Proton rocket lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Republic of Kazakhstan at 10:12 a.m. Baikonur time this morning (12:12 a.m. EST) carrying Loral Skynet’s Telstar 6 communications satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit.

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15 Feb 1999

Atlas IIAS Successfully Launches JCSAT-6 Satellite

CAPE CANAVERAL Air Station, Fla., February 15, 1999 – A Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS rocket, designated AC-152, successfully launched the JCSAT-6 communications satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit tonight from Complex 36A at Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS), Fla. Liftoff occurred at 8:45.26 p.m. EST.

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04 Nov 1998

Proton Successfully Launches PanAmSat-8

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 4, 1998 – A Proton rocket blasted into space this morning from Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Republic of Kazakhstan at 10:12 a.m (9:12 p.m. USA PST, Nov. 3) carrying PanAmSat Corporation’s PAS-8 communications satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit.

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28 Oct 1998

Proton in Final Preparation to Launch PanAmSat-8

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 28, 1998 – International Launch Services (ILS) announced today that a combined Russian and American team is conducting final preparations to launch a Proton rocket on November 4 with PanAmSat Corporation’s PAS-8 communications satellite aboard. The rocket is scheduled to lift off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Republic of Kazakhstan at 10:12 a.m. (9:12 p.m. USA Pacific Standard Time, Nov. 3). The launch window is ten minutes long.

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20 Oct 1998

Atlas Successfully Launches UHF F/O F9

CAPE CANAVERAL Air Station, Fla., Oct. 20, 1998 – A Lockheed Martin Astronautics Atlas IIA rocket successfully launched the Ultra High Frequency Follow-On (UHF F/O) F9 communications satellite into intermediate transfer orbit early this morning from Complex 36, Pad A. Liftoff occurred at 3:19 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

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09 Oct 1998

Atlas Successfully Launches HOT BIRD 5 for Eutelsat

CAPE CANAVERAL Air Station, Fla., Oct. 9, 1998 – A Lockheed Martin Astronautics Atlas IIA rocket successfully launched the HOT BIRD 5 television broadcast satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit this evening from Complex 36, Pad B. Liftoff occurred at 6:50 p.m. EDT. It was the fifth successful Atlas launch of 1998 from Cape Canaveral Air Station and the 40th consecutive successful flight.

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29 Jul 1998

Atlas III RD-180 Engine Successful Test Firing

HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, July 29, 1998 – Lockheed Martin Astronautics made history today by successfully conducting the first test firing of a Russian rocket engine at a U.S. government facility. An RD-180 engine with its prototype Atlas IIIA rocket booster stage rumbled for 10 seconds at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

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18 Jun 1998

Atlas Successfully Launches INTELSAT 805 Satellite

CAPE CANAVERAL Air Station, Fla., June 18, 1998 – A Lockheed Martin Astronautics Atlas IIAS rocket successfully launched the INTELSAT 805 communications satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit this evening from Complex 36, Pad A, at Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS), Fla. Liftoff occurred on time at 6:48 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. It was the fourth successful launch of 1998 for Atlas, the 39th consecutive successful flight, and the 550th overall flight of an Atlas booster.

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