Eutelsat – ILS Agreement
International Launch Services (ILS) has entered into a multi-launch agreement with Eutelsat covering missions launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. All of the satellites will be launched using the…
Astra 2G Launch Update
The Astra 2G team is hard at work checking every detail as they continue progressing forward with campaign operations. Over the past few days there have been numerous activities taking…
Integration of Proton M Ascent Unit & Mating with Breeze M for ASTRA 2G launch completed
Launch operations for the Astra 2G ILS Proton launch continue on schedule. Since late last week, the Khrunichev, ILS, SES and Airbus teams have been in the process of assembling…
Astra 2G Launch Preparations delayed
Preparations for the November 28 launch of the Astra 2G satellite aboard a Russian Proton rocket have been suspended in the face of persistent questions over whether Proton’s previous launch…
Astra 2G Delivered to Baikonur for ILS Proton Launch
The telecommunications satellite Astra 2G, manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space (a division of the European Group Airbus Group) commissioned by the satellite operator SES of Luxembourg, was delivered from…
Astra 2G Cleared for Shipment to Russia for Launch
PARIS — tellite had received the required U.S. shipping license and was ready to be sent to Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome for launch, but that the liftoff had been delayed from…
ILS Proton Successfully Launches Astra 2E for SES
BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan, September 30, 2013 – International Launch Services (ILS), a leader in providing mission integration and launch services to the global commercial satellite industry, successfully placed the ASTRA…
Russia to resume Proton launches without Kazakhstan’s permission
The Russian Space Agency through the Foreign Ministry has officially informed the Kazakh government on the date of next Proton launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Russian newspaper Izvestia reported on…
Astra 2E Launch Scheduled for September 30
PARIS — The Russian Proton rocket’s return to flight following its spectacular July 2 failure has been rescheduled for Sept. 30 following a review of a first-stage valve issue and…
ILS Proton Launch of ASTRA 2E Postponed
Reston, VA, September 12, 2013 – The launch of an ILS Proton launch vehicle with the ASTRA 2E satellite was postponed today for technical reasons associated with the launch vehicle.…
Astra 2E launch delayed
The launch of the Astra 2E satellite scheduled for July 21 is postponed pending investigation into the recent failed Proton launch. The launch of the Astra satellite is contracted to…
SES’ Astra 2E set for July 21 launch
Luxembourg, June 17th, 2013 – Eleven days after the successful launch of the SES-6 satellite on board an ILS Proton booster, SES S.A. (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange:…