by David Todd | Mar 8, 2016 | Add category, commercial launch services, Russia
Inmarsat has taken out an option for a launch on an ILS (International Launch Services) Proton rocket in case its plan to launch the Hellas-Sat 3/Europasat on a Falcon Heavy falters. That launch was booked to take place in late 2016, however, SpaceX has now moved this...
by David Todd | Jan 4, 2016 | commercial launch services, Russia, Seradata News
After being hampered by Proton rocket reliability issues, a combination of launch price cuts and the industry’s acknowledgment of the need for more launch options, has allowed International Launch Services (ILS) to bounce back in the space launch market. As ILS looks...
by David Todd | Jan 1, 2015 | China, commercial launch services, Launches, Russia, Satellites, Soyuz
The dying days of a year are traditionally the time when Russia and China launch a number of payloads into orbit while Western nations are distracted as they celebrate their Christmas festival. And this year was no exception. On 23 December at 0557 GMT from the...
by David Todd | Oct 22, 2014 | Launches, Russia, Satellites
A Proton M Breeze M launch vehicle launched the Express AM-6 communications spacecraft for the Russian Satellite Communications Company (Komischeskaya Svyaz) at 1509 GMT on 21 October 2014. The launch took place from the Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam,...
by David Todd | Oct 16, 2014 | commercial launch services, Russia, Satellites
A new Russian military communications satellite called Luch (Olymp) was launched at 2023 GMT on 27 September 2014 by a Proton M launch vehicle. The satellite, which was built by ISS Reshetnev using the OLIMP-K (11K166) bus, will operate from a position of 167 degrees...
