Nov 14 2014
Media Advisory: ILS Proton to Launch Astra 2G Payload: ASTRA 2G communications satellite Eurostar E3000 Platform Separated spacecraft mass: ~6,020 kg Launch Vehicle: Proton M/Breeze M 705,000 kg (1,554,000 lb), including payload 58.2 m (191ft) Launch Date: November 28, 2014 Launch Time: 03:24:33 Baikonur 00:24:33 Moscow 22:24:33 Luxembourg and CET (27 Nov) 21:24:33 GMT […]
Nov 9 2014
Preparations for the launch of the European satellite Astra 2G scheduled for November 28 are continuing at the Baikonur space center, Alexander Shmygov, a spokesman for the Khrunichev research and production space center, told Interfax-AVN. “All work is going according to schedule,” Shmygov said in commenting on online reports alleging that the satellite’s launch could […]
Nov 8 2014
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 was as successful as claimed, industry officials said. The Astra 2G telecommunications satellite, owned by SES of Luxembourg, was scheduled to start its planned fueling […]
Nov 3 2014
The Astra 2G launch campaign has officially begun! It was so wonderful to see all of our old friends and meet new team members on the bus ride to the airport in Moscow. We are all very excited to get started. The Astra 2G campaign is the first to use a new charter company […]
Sep 30 2013
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 2E satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) today for SES of Luxembourg. SES is a world-leading satellite operator, providing satellite communications solutions to broadcast, […]
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Nov 2 2015
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 Proton Breeze M launch vehicle, manufactured by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center (Khrunichev), the majority owner of ILS, within a seven-year period from […]
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By Expat • International News • Tags: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Eutelsat, ILS