Tag: Proton-M

  • ILS Proton-M returns to flight by lofting Orbital’s Intelsat 23 uphill

    ILS Proton-M returns to flight by lofting Orbital’s Intelsat 23 uphill

    International Launch Services (ILS) have launched their Proton-M rocket in a daylight launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch was on schedule at 8:37 am GMT, with the Proton’s Briz-M (Breeze-M) Upper Stage successfully deploying the large telecommunications satellite into its desired orbit, after nine hours of flight. Proton M Launch: The Proton booster that launched…

  • ILS Proton-M launches with SES-5 satellite

    ILS Proton-M launches with SES-5 satellite

    International Launch Services (ILS) have launched their Proton-M rocket on Monday. Lift off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan was on schedule at 18:38 GMT, with the Proton’s Briz-M Upper Stage then tasked with deploying the large telecommunications satellite into its desired orbit, which was successfully completed after nine hours of flight. Proton M Launch: The Proton booster that…

  • ILS Proton-M launches Intelsat 22 on debut supersynchronous mission

    ILS Proton-M launches Intelsat 22 on debut supersynchronous mission

    International Launch Services (ILS) have launched their second Proton-M rocket of the year on Sunday. Lift off was on schedule at 12:10 GMT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with the Proton’s Briz-M Upper Stage tasked with deploying the Intelsat 22 telecommunications satellite into a 65,000 km super-synchronous transfer orbit for the first time under…

  • ILS Proton-M successfully launches SES-4

    ILS Proton-M successfully launches SES-4

    International Launch Services (ILS) have launched their first Proton-M rocket of the year on Tuesday. Lift off came at 19:36 GMT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with the Proton’s Briz-M Upper Stage then tasked with deploying the large telecommunications satellite – which was successfully carried out after nine hours of flight. Proton Launch: The…

  • Russian Proton M launches Luch-5A and AMOS-5 satellites

    A Russian government Proton-M launch vehicle has successfully launched with two satellites – Russia’s Luch-5A and Israel’s AMOS-5 – on Sunday. Launch was nominal and on schedule at 11:17 GMT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, ahead of a long flight profile which involved four burns of the Briz-M (Breeze-M) Upper Stage. Proton Launch: The Russian…

  • ILS Proton-M launches AsiaSat 7 to its GEO destination

    International Launch Services (ILS) have launched their Proton-M rocket on Friday. Launch was on scheduled at 19:10 GMT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with the Proton’s Briz-M Upper Stage successfully deploying the AsiaSat 7 telecommunications satellite on its orbit after nine hours of flight.Proton Launch: The Proton booster is 4.1 m (13.5 ft) in diameter along…

  • Russian Proton-M launches three Glonass-M GPS satellites

    Russian Proton-M launches three Glonass-M GPS satellites

    A Russian government Proton-M launch vehicle has successfully launched with three Glonass-M – the Russian Global Positioning System (GPS) – satellites on Friday. Launch was on schedule at 12:52 GMT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, as the Russian fleet of vehicles continue their fight back from recent failures. Glonass-M Launch: Glonass is the Russian…

  • ILS Proton-M launches the highest ever throughput satellite, ViaSat-1

    International Launch Services (ILS) have launched their Proton-M rocket on Wednesday. Launch was on schedule at 18:48 GMT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with the Proton tasked with deploying the ViaSat-1 telecommunications satellite – the highest throughput satellite ever built – into its GEO transfer orbit, after what will be over nine hours of…

  • ILS Proton-M successfully launches with QuetzSat-1

    International Launch Services (ILS) have launched their Proton-M rocket on Thursday, on a mission which is marking their first ILS launch since the Russian workhorse returned to flight. Launch was on schedule at 18:32 GMT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with the Proton tasked with deploying the QuetzSat-1 telecommunications satellite for SES, after what…

  • ILS Proton M in debut shared payload launch with SES-3 and KazSat-2

    International Launch Services (ILS) have launched their Proton-M rocket again on Friday, as the workhorse lofted the SES-3 and KazSat-2 telecommunications satellites – the first “shared” ILS Proton launch – into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan was on schedule at 23:16pm UTC, ahead of over nine hours of flight…