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Türksat 4A Ready for Rollout at Baikonur, Ahead of Friday Night Proton-M Launch
With three days to go, International Launch Services (ILS)—the joint U.S.-Russian company which operates all commercial Proton-M rockets out of Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan—stands ready to deliver its first payload of 2014 into geostationary transfer orbit. With liftoff scheduled to occur at 3:09 a.m. local time Saturday (4:09 p.m. EST Friday), the 85th ILS Proton mission […] More
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Two More Contracts for ILS as Türksat 4A Pre-Launch Campaign Begins
With less than a month to go until its first mission of 2014, International Launch Services (ILS)—the joint U.S.-Russian company which operates all commercial Proton-M rockets out of Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan—has secured two key contracts to loft major payloads into orbit next year. Yesterday (Tuesday), ILS announced that it will launch the high-powered Intelsat DLA-2 […] More
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Proton-M Triumphantly Launches Inmarsat 5-F1 Satellite
Freezing, foggy conditions at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan did nothing to prevent Russia’s venerable Proton-M booster from successfully rocketing aloft on its seventh mission of 2013, which intends to deliver the 13,000-pound (5,900-kg) Inmarsat 5-F1 satellite into geostationary transfer orbit for the U.K.-headquartered International Maritime Satellite Organisation. Operated by International Launch Services (ILS), the three-stage […] More
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Proton-M Rolls Out to Baikonur Pad Ahead of Sunday Launch
Less than a month since it successfully delivered a military communications satellite into orbit on behalf of the Russian Government, another venerable Proton-M booster stands ready at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, tracking a liftoff at 6:12 p.m. local time (7:12 a.m. EST) Sunday, 8 December. Rollout of the vehicle to the pad took place earlier […] More
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Proton-M Rocket Delivers Military Satellite Into Orbit for Russian Government
Under an unsurprising cloak of quietness, compared with earlier missions, a Proton-M booster has rocketed aloft from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to deliver the Raduga-1M-3 military communications satellite directly into geostationary transfer orbit. Liftoff reportedly occurred at 5:46 a.m. local time Tuesday, 12 November (6:46 p.m. EST Monday, 11 November), and at the time of […] More
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Proton-M Ready to Launch Raduga-1M-3 Military Communications Satellite
A Russian Government Proton-M booster, together with a Briz-M upper stage, stands ready at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to launch the Raduga-1M-3 military communications satellite into orbit. Liftoff of the venerable Proton, whose heritage extends back to the mid-1960s and which will be making its 391st flight, is presently scheduled for 5:46 a.m. local time […] More
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Dazzling Proton-M Successfully Delivers Sirius FM-6 Digital Radio Satellite to Orbit
A giant Proton-M booster lit up the darkened skies of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, tonight, successfully delivering the long-delayed Sirius FM-6 digital radio satellite toward orbit. Liftoff of the mission took place from Pad 39 at the cosmodrome’s Site 200 launch zone at 12:08 a.m. local time Saturday, 26 October (2:08 p.m. EDT Friday, 25 October). Destined to […] More
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Proton-M Launch With Sirius FM-6 Satellite Delayed Until 25/26 October
Following considerable speculation from several media outlets, International Launch Services (ILS) has formally announced that its next Proton-M mission will take place no earlier than the night of 25/26 October. In a brief notice released on its website this afternoon (Monday), the joint U.S.-Russian company which operates all Proton flights out of the Baikonur Cosmodrome […] More
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24-Hour Minimum Delay for ILS Proton-M Rocket With Sirius FM-6 Digital Radio Satellite
Patiently waiting for liftoff since Thursday, 17 October, when it was rolled out to Pad 39 at the Site 200 launch zone of Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Proton-M booster must wait patiently for at least another 24 hours, due to a technical difficulty related to the ground station network associated with its primary payload, […] More
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Sirius Rising: Proton-M Ready to Launch Digital Radio Satellite Into Orbit
International Launch Services (ILS)—a joint U.S.-Russian company, headquartered in Reston, Va.—is ready to fly its second Proton-M mission in three weeks, with a nighttime liftoff scheduled to take place from Pad 39 at Site 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 12:12:56 a.m. local time on Monday, 21 October (2:12:56 p.m. EDT on Sunday, 20 October) […] More
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Processing Begins in French Guiana for Mid-December Ariane 5 Mission
It has been a busy year for Arianespace—the French-led launch services organization, which operates the Vega, Soyuz, and Ariane 5 vehicles from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana—and the 2013 flight schedule shows no sign of slowing down, with a planned mission in mid-December to loft a pair of communications satellites into geostationary […] More
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ILS Regains Confidence in Proton-M Booster as Long-Delayed Sirius FM-6 Launch Nears
Only days after the spectacular 29 September return to flight of the troubled Proton-M booster, International Launch Services (ILS) is gearing up for its next mission in two weeks’ time. The three-stage Proton and its Briz-M upper stage is reportedly scheduled to liftoff from Pad 39 at Site 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan […] More