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RESTON, Va., March 9, 2012 – International Launch Services (ILS) announces a new contract for launch of the MEXSAT-1 satellite on an ILS Proton for the Mexican government’s Ministry of Communications and Transportation, the Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT). The satellite is under construction by Boeing Satellite Systems of El Segundo, California. ILS and Khrunichev are implementing a mission integration schedule to support a ILS Proton launch of MEXSAT-1 into geostationary transfer orbit from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in 2013-14.
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BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan, February 15, 2012– International Launch Services (ILS), a leading launch services provider for the global commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the SES-4 satellite into geostationary transfer orbit today on an ILS Proton for SES of Luxembourg (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG). This was the 20th SES satellite launched on ILS Proton and the 70th ILS Proton launch overall. READ MORE
BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan, November 26, 2011 – International Launch Services (ILS), a world leader in providing mission integration and launch services to the global commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the AsiaSat 7 satellite into orbit today on an ILS Proton for Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) of Hong Kong. This was the 5th commercial mission of the year for ILS and the 8th Proton launch so far this year. READ MORE
BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan, October 20, 2011 – International Launch Services (ILS), a leading launch services provider for the global commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the ViaSat-1 satellite into orbit today on an ILS Proton for ViaSat, Inc. of Carlsbad, California. READ MORE
August 23, 2011 - On 18 August, a Proton M/Breeze M vehicle carrying the Express-AM4 satellite launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. READ MORE
1st August 2011 – Inmarsat plc (LSE:ISAT.L), the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, announces that Inmarsat SA, one of its subsidiary companies, has signed a contract with International Launch Services (ILS) for the launch of three Inmarsat-5 satellites. The launches, scheduled for 2013-14, will use the ILS Proton launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. READ MORE
BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan, July 16, 2011 – International Launch Services (ILS), a leading launch services provider for the global commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the SES-3 satellite into geostationary transfer orbit for SES of Luxembourg (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), one of the world’s largest telecommunications satellite operators with a fleet of 45 satellites in orbit. This was the first commercial shared launch for ILS; the SES-3 satellite was paired with the KazSat-2 satellite to serve the Republic of Kazakhstan. READ MORE
BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan, May 21, 2011 – International Launch Services (ILS), a world leader in providing mission and launch services to the commercial satellite industry, successfully carried Telstar 14R/Estrela do Sul 2 into orbit today on an ILS Proton for Telesat, a leading global fixed satellite services operator. READ MORE
RESTON, VA, December 7, 2010 – On 05 December, a Russian Federal mission of a Proton M Block DM-03 vehicle was launched with three GLONASS-M navigation satellites from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and resulted in a mission failure. READ MORE
BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan November 25, 2010 - In this early phase of the campaign, spacecraft stand-alone tests and pre-planned processing of the Proton Breeze M, the payload fairing and the adapter system are under way at the 92A-50 Integration and Test Facility (ITF). READ MORE
