BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan, December 29, 2009 – International Launch Services (ILS), a leading mission and launch services provider for the global commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the DIRECTV 12 satellite into orbit today for DIRECTV of El Segundo, California, on an ILS Proton.

More info: http://www.ilslaunch.com/news-122909

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Intelsat, Ltd., the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services, announced today that a Zenit-3SLB vehicle successfully launched the Intelsat 15 satellite (IS-15) from the Land Launch facilities at the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan. Liftoff occurred at 4:00 p.m. ET, followed by signal acquisition and spacecraft separation about six and a half hours later at 10:28 p.m. ET.

More info: http://www.intelsat.com/press/news-releases/2009/20091130-1.asp

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Launch of US spacecraft Intelsat-15 by Zenith-3SB(2SB/DM-SLB) scheduled for Nov. 29, postponed due to technical reasons.

Source: Roscosmos Press Office

BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan, November 24, 2009. Eutelsat W7 is successfully delivered into the orbit by ILS Proton

More info: http://www.ilslaunch.com/news-112409

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An Atlas V rocket with the commercial Intelsat-14 satellite is launched from Space Launch Complex-41 at 1:55 a.m. EST today (23-Nov-2009).

More info: http://www.intelsat.com/press/news-releases/2009/20091123-1.asp

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