BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan, May 15, 2001 – A Russian-built Proton K rocket successfully launched the PAS-10 communications satellite for PanAmSat Corp. today, marking the first mission of the year for International Launch Services (ILS).
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 28, 1997 – A Proton rocket blasted into space this morning from Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Republic of Kazakhstan at 6:33 a.m (8:33 p.m. EDT, Aug. 27) carrying PanAmSat Corporation’s PAS-5 communications satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit.