MOSCOW, Dec. 3, 1997 – A Proton rocket blasted into space this morning from Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Republic of Kazakhstan at 4:10 a.m (6:10 p.m. EST, Dec. 2) carrying the ASTRA 1G satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit.
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 5, 1997 – International Launch Services (ILS) announced today that its newest Russian launch vehicle – Proton M – will launch the INTELSAT 901 communications satellite.
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.
SAN DIEGO, May 24, 1997 – A Proton rocket blasted into space from Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Republic of Kazakhstan at 11:00 p.m. Baikonur time tonight (1:00 p.m. EDT) carrying Loral Skynet’s TELSTAR 5 communications satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit.
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 11, 1996 – International Launch Services (ILS) has confirmed that the Russian Proton rocket will launch the first telecommunications satellite for the Asian consortium PT Asia Cellular Satellite (ACeS) in mid-1998.
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 25, 1996 – International Launch Services (ILS) announced today that Hughes Space and Communications International, Inc. has elected to use four options under existing Proton and Atlas launch service contracts to launch mobile communications satellites for ICO Global Communications.
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 27, 1996 – International Launch Services is proud to report another successful launch of a Proton launch vehicle on 26 September 1996, at 9:50 p.m., Moscow time. The “Express” satellite was launched by a 4 stage Proton launch vehicle. This Proton was launched from area 200 in Baikonur.
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 10, 1996 – International Launch Services is proud to report another successful launch of a Proton launch vehicle on September 6, 1996, at 9:37 p.m., Moscow time. The “Inmarsat-3” satellite was launched by a 4 stage Proton launch vehicle. This Proton was launched from area 81 in Baikonur. This represents the second launch of a Western built satellite by the Proton launch vehicle.
SAN DIEGO, May 30, 1996 – International Launch Services (ILS) formally signed a contract today to provide launch services to EchoStar Communications Corp. on each of its two launch vehicles, the Lockheed Martin Atlas and the Russian-built Proton. An Atlas IIAS will launch EchoStar’s third high-power direct broadcast satellite in the time period September 1997 through November 1997, and a Proton will launch EchoStar IV in the first quarter of 1998.
MOSCOW, April 9 1996 – A combined Russian, American and European team made space history today with the first launch of a Western satellite on a Russian rocket. The Proton launch vehicle carried the ASTRA 1F satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit early this morning with a dazzling liftoff at 5:09 a.m. (7:09 p.m EDT, April 8) from Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
