Posts Tagged ‘ILS’

ILS launches Ciel-2 for Canada via Proton-M

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

The last ILS mission of 2008 has launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, as their Proton-M launch vehicle prepares lifted-off from Pad PU-39 of Launch Complex 200. Launch occured on time at 13:43 UTC. The launch phase of the mission will last a total of nine hours, injecting the Ciel-2 communications satellite in to a geostationary [...]

Read more... »

ILS Proton M launches with ASTRA IM for long trip to orbit

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

International Launch Services (ILS) have launched a Russian Proton M launch vehicle from Pad 39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 20:44 UTC. The vehicle is on a nine hour journey to loft the ASTRA 1M telecommunications satellite into orbit.

Read more... »