International Launch Services (ILS) is continuing to plan out its future manifest by announcing two new missions via the signing of launch services contracts. The missions both involve EUTELSAT birds, via the first use of a first commercial contract incorporating the use of the newly announced Proton Medium rocket and the first commercial shared launch using a Proton Breeze M with the EUTELSAT 5 West B satellite and MEV-1.
"MEV-1"
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CommercialInternationalOther
ADRAS-J mission takes methodical first steps toward the commercial removal of space debris
by Martin SmithThe recent increase in launches to meet growing demands for communications and observation satellites is…
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CommercialSpaceXUncrewed
Falcon 9 B1051 makes final flight on Galaxy-31 & 32 mission
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CommercialNorthrop GrummanOtherUncrewed
Mission Extension Vehicles succeed as Northrop Grumman works on future servicing/debris clean-up craft
With the successful docking of Mission Extension Vehicle 2, or MEV-2, to the Intelsat 10-02…
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CommercialEuropeanInternationalOther
Ariane 5 launches Mission Extension Vehicle, two communications satellites to orbit
An Ariane 5 rocket, operated by European Launch Service provider Arianespace, launched on its 109th…
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CommercialNorthrop GrummanUncrewed
Mission Extension Vehicles Validate New Satellite Lifeline in Orbit
Until February 2020, when a satellite on orbit ran out of propellant, that was the…
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Arianespace has announced that the launch campaigns at the Guiana Space Center will resume soon.…
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Four and a half months after its launch on a Proton-M rocket from the Baikonur…
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CommercialInternationalRussian
Proton rocket ride-share launches Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle
A Russian Proton-M rocket launched on Wednesday morning at 06:17 EDT (10:17 UTC) from the…
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Russia launched its fourth Blagovest communications satellite via a Proton rocket Tuesday. Having lifted off…
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Russia’s Proton-M rocket launched the Yamal 601 communications satellite for Gazprom Space Systems Thursday. Proton…
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Russia’s Proton-M rocket made its first flight in six months Thursday, successfully deploying a Blagovest…