Launch Vehicle: Proton M/Breeze M
Weight at liftoff: 691,272 kg (1.5 million lbs), including payload
Height: 58.2 m (191 ft)

Launch Date: Aug. 5 (Baikonur)
Aug. 4 (U.S. & GMT)

Launch Window Opens: 4:32 a.m. Baikonur
22:32 GMT
6:32 p.m. EDT

Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launch Pad 39

End User: Hispamar, Brazilian subsidiary of Hispasat of Spain
Hispasat Canarias, Spanish subsidiary of Hispasat

Satellite Manufacturer: EADS Astrium, France

Launch Vehicle Manufacturer: Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, Moscow

Launch Services Provider: International Launch Services, McLean, Va.

Satellite Use: Communications, internet, broadcasting and broadband services across the Americas and both sides of the Atlantic

Satellite Statistics:
32 Ku-band, 19 C-band active transponders
Most powerful in Hispasat's fleet
Orbital location: 61 degrees W longitude
Anticipated service life of 15 years

Mission Profile: The Proton launch vehicle will inject the satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit, using a five-burn Breeze M mission design. The first three stages of the Proton will use a standard ascent trajectory to place the Breeze M fourth stage, with the satellite, into a suborbital trajectory, from which the Breeze M will place itself and the spacecraft into a circular parking orbit of 173 km (107.5 miles), inclined at 51.5 degrees. Then the satellite will be propelled to its transfer orbit by additional burns of the Breeze M. Following separation from the Breeze M, the spacecraft will perform a series of liquid apogee engine burns to raise perigee, lower inclination and circularize the orbit at geostationary altitude.

Target Orbit at Separation:
Apogee: 35,786 km (22,236 miles)
Perigee: 3,200 km (1,988 miles)
Inclination: 9.1 degrees

Spacecraft Separation: Approximately 9 hours, 11 minutes after liftoff

ILS Mission Statistics:
7th ILS mission this year
3rd ILS Proton mission this year
30th ILS mission on Proton
308th Proton mission overall

Live Broadcast in U.S.: Intelsat Americas A6, transponder 11, C-band, 93 degrees West; downlink 3920 MHz vertical
Test signals start at 6 p.m. EDT

More Information: Live webcast and general mission information are available on the ILS web site at www.ilslaunch.com. Launch status updates are available on the ILS U.S. domestic Launch Hotline at 1-800-852-4980.