International Launch Services (ILS) will launch its sixth satellite for Telesat Canada on a Proton Breeze M vehicle, following the signing of contracts for the 2009 launch of Nimiq 5 communications satellite.
The 2009 launch will be from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, adding to the 2008 launch of Telesat’s Nimiq 4. ILS have already signed three new satellite launch contracts in 2007.