by Matt Wilson | Aug 6, 2019 | Launches, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News
At 2156 GMT, 5 August 2019, a Russian Proton-M rocket, with Briz-M upper-stage, lifted-off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, carrying the fourth BLAGOVEST communications satellite into an eventual Geostationary orbit. The satellite also known as BLAGOVEST 14L,...
by David Todd | Sep 29, 2017 | Launches, Satellites
In the colours of an ILS (International Launch Services) flight, a Proton M rocket successfully ignited and lifted off from its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, near Tyuratam, Kazakhstan at 1852 GMT on 28 September 2017. On board was the ASIASAT 9 communications...
by David Todd | Sep 12, 2017 | commercial launch services, Launches, Russia, Seradata News
International Launch Services (ILS) used its workhorse rocket, the Russian-built Proton M, to successfully launch the Amazonas 5 communications satellite in a commercial launch. The launch took place from the Pad 39 of the Baikonour Space Station at 1923 GMT on 11...
by Matt Wilson | Aug 17, 2017 | Launches, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News
At 2207 GMT, 16 August, a Russian Proton-M heavy-lift rocket lifted off from Site 81 (Pad 24), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan carrying the BLAGOVEST 1 (KOSMOS-2520) military/commercial communications satellite. The mission marks the 100th launch of the Proton-M...
by David Todd | Sep 13, 2016 | commercial launch services, Launches, Russia
International Launch Services (ILS), the commercial marketing arm of the Russian rocket manufacturer Khrunichev, has announced that the Proton four-stage rocket is going to be modularised to offer a new family of smaller launch vehicles, in addition to a growth...
