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  • ILS Proton M completes RTF mission with Inmarsat 5 F3

    ILS Proton M completes RTF mission with Inmarsat 5 F3

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    International Launch Services (ILS) has returned the Proton M rocket to flight via the launch of the Inmarsat-5 F-3 communications satellite – part of the Inmarsat Global Xpress (GX) system – on a multi-hour flight to its transfer orbit. Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan took place on schedule at 11:44 GMT, followed by a…

  • ILS to launch commercial missions on Angara from 2017

    ILS to launch commercial missions on Angara from 2017

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    International Launch Services (ILS) has begun to market the Angara launch vehicle for commercial missions. In tandem with Proton-M launches, the Angara will allow ILS to attract additional customers via the ability to support virtually all spacecraft to all orbits, altitudes and inclinations for the low-, medium-, and heavy-lift spacecraft market. ILS Angara: Both the…

  • Russian spacecraft find no ground impacts from failed Proton-M

    Russian spacecraft find no ground impacts from failed Proton-M

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    A fleet of Russian spacecraft have completed an extensive search for ground impact points related to the recent failure of the International Launch Services (ILS) Proton rocket. Focusing on the estimated entry point for the Third Stage, Breeze-M Upper Stage and MexSat-1 satellite, Roscosmos said the fleet found no areas of interest, meaning no major…

  • ILS Proton M launches ASTRA 2G

    ILS Proton M launches ASTRA 2G

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    International Launch Services (ILS) has conducted its final launch of the year, with the Russian Proton M launching the ASTRA 2G satellite from Pad 39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch is took place at 21:37 GMT on Saturday, ahead of over nine hours of flight to spacecraft separation – concluding a successful mission. Proton…

  • ILS Proton M marks 400th launch with Yamal-401

    ILS Proton M marks 400th launch with Yamal-401

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    The Russian workhorse rocket, the Proton M, has conducted its 400th launch in the early hours of Monday, tasked with lofting the Yamal-401 satellite into orbit. The International Launch Services (ILS) mission took nine hours to complete, following launch – at 00:16 UTC – from Pad 24 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Proton Launch: The…

  • ILS evaluating dual launch capability for Proton-M missions

    ILS evaluating dual launch capability for Proton-M missions

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    International Launch Services (ILS) and ISS Reshetnev have announced they are evaluating the technical feasibility into launching two large satellites at the same time on a Proton-M launch vehicle. The announcement comes just days after United Launch Alliance (ULA) President Michael Gass noted his company is also looking into dual satellite launches. Dual Launch: As rockets…

  • ILS open 2014 with Proton-M launch of TURKSAT-4A

    ILS open 2014 with Proton-M launch of TURKSAT-4A

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    International Launch Services (ILS) have opened their 2014 campaign with the launch of the Russian Proton-M launch vehicle, this time carrying the TURKSAT-4A communications satellite on a successful multi-hour flight to its transfer orbit. Launch from the from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan was on time at 21:09 GMT. Proton-M: The Proton booster launching the Sirius…

  • ILS Proton-M successfully launches Inmarsat-5 F1

    ILS Proton-M successfully launches Inmarsat-5 F1

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    International Launch Services (ILS) have successfully launched another Russian Proton-M launch vehicle, tasked with lofting the Inmarsat-5 F1 satellite on a flight to its transfer orbit that took over 15 hours to complete. Launch from the from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan was on time at 12:12 GMT on Sunday. Proton-M: The Proton booster that launched the Inmarsat-5…

  • ILS Proton-M successfully lofts SES-6

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    International Launch Services (ILS) launched their Proton-M rocket again from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch occurred at 09:18 GMT, with the Proton’s Briz-M (Breeze-M) Upper Stage successfully deploying the SES-6 communications satellite into its super-synchronous transfer orbit after over 15 hours of flight. Proton M Launch: The Proton booster that launched the satellite was…

  • ILS Proton-M launches with EUTELSAT 3D

    ILS Proton-M launches with EUTELSAT 3D

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    International Launch Services (ILS) have launched their Proton-M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, with lift off occurring at 16:02 GMT. The Proton’s Briz-M (Breeze-M) Upper Stage successfully carried out its multi-hour mission to deploy the EUTELSAT 3D telecommunications satellite into its desired transfer orbit. Proton M Launch: The Proton booster that…