by David Todd | Apr 12, 2019 | commercial launch services, Russia, Seradata News
Glavkosmos, which already has a share in GK Launch Services, the marketing arm for Soyuz rockets, is to have another body under its umbrella. By order of Roscosmos, Glavkosmos will take control of International Launch Services (ILS), marketer of the Proton rocket...
by David Todd | Mar 12, 2018 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Technology
International Launch Services (ILS) and UK-headquartered Effective Space has announced that two of its satellite-servicing SPACE DRONE™ spacecraft will be launched into geostationary orbit in 2020 using an ILS Proton launch vehicle. This news follows Effective Space’s...
by David Todd | Nov 13, 2017 | commercial launch services, Russia, Seradata News, Soyuz
The US military is now under orders from the US Congress to end the use of any commercial satellites that have been launched by Russian or Russian-sourced rockets. The ban comes into play from 2023 onwards and raises doubts over the commercial viability of the Proton...
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...
by Tim Fuller | Mar 11, 2016 | commercial launch services, Launches
At the launchers’ session at Satellite 2016 in Washington D.C. representatives of the main commercial launch providers laid out their planned launch totals for the 2016 year. In summary the planned launch numbers are as follows, with the SpaceX very high...