Commercial launch provider International Launch Services (ILS) and commercial satellite operator, EchoStar Satellite Services, have signed an agreement for an ILS Proton M/Breeze M rocket to launch an unnamed satellite weighing in at more than 6,900kg in the late 2015 or early 2016 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The Russian rocket firm Khrunichev is the majority shareholder of ILS and maker of the Proton launch vehicle.