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Previous Launch(es)
Date: July 10
Launch Vehicle: Proton M
Payload: EchoStar-15
Launch Site:Baikonur
Date: June 4
Launch Vehicle: Proton M
Payload: Arabsat-5B
Launch Site:Baikonur
 Read more at International Launch Services'Web site
Planned Launch(es)
Date: September
Launch Vehicle: Proton M
Payload: GLONASS
Launch Site:Baikonur
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News from Partners and Branches
TsAGI Tested New Wind Power Plants 15.07.2010 The Industrial Aerodynamics Department of TsAGI’s Moscow Division has tested two wind power plants of a new type. The tests ordered jointly by the Khrunichev Space Center and the ERGA Public Corporation were carried out in the T 1-2 Wind Tunnel.
ILS SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES THE ECHOSTAR XV SATELLITE FOR DISH NETWORK. 5th ILS PROTON MISSION OF 2010; 7th PROTON IN 6 MONTHS 11.07.2010 BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan, July 11, 2010 – International Launch Services (ILS), a leading launch services provider for the global commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the EchoStar XV satellite into orbit today on an ILS Proton for DISH Network L.L.C., the fastest-growing pay-TV provider in America. EchoStar Satellite Services L.L.C., a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (Nasdaq: SATS), manages DISH Network’s space programs and will begin in-orbit testing of the satellite later this month.
he EchoStar XV launch was the 24th successful consecutive Proton launch in 24 months, and the second ILS Proton launch of a DISH Network satellite this year.
To read ILS press release, visit http://www.ilslaunch.com/news-071110
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July Incident Involving Proton (Addendum) 27.07.2010 The rail convoy with the Proton launch vehicle assigned to support launch of GLONASS M satellites arrived in the Integration-and-Test Facility at the Baikonur launch base yesterday and the launcher units were offloaded from rail cars.
At present, a board of experts set up by the Khrunichev Space Center is to determine the launcher status and to answer one question: Is this launch vehicle flightworthy to support the scheduled GLONASS mission?
The existing situation will have no effect on the launch of GLONASS satellites on a Proton launch vehicle planned to be carried out in September. The mission will take place as scheduled.
It is to be reminded that the dedicated rail convoy got subjected to an inadvertent impact near the city of Ulyanovsk on 18 July as this convoy was transporting a Proton launch vehicle.
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Khrunichev Space Center at Farnborough International Airshow 2010 22.07.2010 The Khrunichev Space Center (KhSC) presents innovative solutions in the area of means designed to deliver space vehicles to orbit, at the Farnborough International Airshow 2010 – a demonstration of military and aerospace technology inaugurated at the Farnborough Aerodrome in the suburb of London, United Kingdom on July 19th.
The Khrunichev display is part of the unified exhibit of the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos). Along with the Khrunichev Space Center, it is the Korolev Energia Space Hardware Corporation, the Lavochkin Research and Production Corporation, the TsKB-Progress Space Hardware Center, the Satellite-based Information Systems Public Corporation and other Roscosmos companies who represent the Russian space industry within the framework of the Roscosmos exhibit.
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Proton Unharmed by Rail Incident 21.07.2010 On Sunday, 18 July, in the Ulyanovsk area, the special-purpose train carrying a Proton launch vehicle collided with an oncoming train. No visible damage has been sustained by the rocket.
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Statement by Vladimir Ye.Nesterov, Khrunichev Director-General, at Press Conference on 15 July 2010 19.07.2010 On the 15th of July, at the S.P.Gorbunov Palace of Culture, Vladimir Ye.Nesterov, Director-General, Khrunichev Space Center, gave a press-conference for Russian media devoted to the company’s performance in 2007-2009 and Khrunichev’s growing role as a large vertically-integrated company in implementing federal and national space programs and international projects. Below is the transcript of Mr.Nesterov’s statement.
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July 16th Marks the 45th Anniversary of the First Proton Launch 16.07.2010 Today, Proton celebrates the 45th anniversary of its first flight. Originally named UR-500, the rocket later took on the name Proton in homage of its first three payloads.
In July of this year, Proton completed its 24th successful consecutive launch in 24 months with the launch of the EchoStar XV satellite. With this record, Proton sets a high rate of pace and reliability.
All commercial launches on Proton are managed by a joint Russian-American venture, International Launch Services Inc. (ILS). ILS is a U.S. company, headquartered near Washington, D.C. and has exclusive rights to market the Proton vehicle to commercial satellite operators worldwide. In 2008, Khrunichev became the majority shareholder in the company.
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Seventh Successful Proton Launch This Year: EchoStar 15 Satellite Inserted to Target Orbit 11.07.2010 A Proton M integrated launch vehicle (ILV) carrying the EchoStar-15, a U.S. communication satellite, was successfully launched at the Baikonur Cosmodrome today at 22:40 Moscow Summer Time.
The Space Systems Loral-built 5500-kilogram spacecraft was placed on target orbit at the predicted time, which was about 9 hrs 13 minutes following lift-off.
The control of EchoStar 15 was then passed over to the customer-DISH Network L.L.C.EchoStar Satellite Services L.L.C., a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (Nasdaq: SATS), manages DISH Network’s space programs.
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Tests of Angara URM 2 Common Core Booster Going On at Space-Industry Research-and-Test Center 05.07.2010 Over several recent years, Russia has been creating a new launch vehicle named ‘Angara’. Bench testing is a mandatory phase of this project. Within the framework of the Angara development efforts, bench tests are carried out at the IS 102 test rig in Peresvet, Moscow Region). The URM 1 common core booster, a module of the Angara launch vehicle, passed successfully the complete sequence of bench tests at IS 102 in 2009.Following certain preparatory work, ‘cold’ bench tests of the URM 2 common core booster were launched at the same test facility.
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News Releases
July Incident Involving Proton (Addendum)27.07.2010 The rail convoy with the Proton launch vehicle assigned to support launch of GLONASS M satellites arrived in the Integration-and-Test Facility at the Baikonur launch base yesterday and the launcher units were offloaded from rail cars.
At present, a board of experts set up by the Khrunichev Space Center is to determine the launcher status and to answer one question: Is this launch vehicle flightworthy to support the scheduled GLONASS mission?
The existing situation will have no effect on the launch of GLONASS satellites on a Proton launch vehicle planned to be carried out in September. The mission will take place as scheduled.
It is to be reminded that the dedicated rail convoy got subjected to an inadvertent impact near the city of Ulyanovsk on 18 July as this convoy was transporting a Proton launch vehicle.
Khrunichev Space Center at Farnborough International Airshow 2010 22.07.2010 The Khrunichev Space Center (KhSC) presents innovative solutions in the area of means designed to deliver space vehicles to orbit, at the Farnborough International Airshow 2010 – a demonstration of military and aerospace technology inaugurated at the Farnborough Aerodrome in the suburb of London, United Kingdom on July 19th.
The Khrunichev display is part of the unified exhibit of the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos). Along with the Khrunichev Space Center, it is the Korolev Energia Space Hardware Corporation, the Lavochkin Research and Production Corporation, the TsKB-Progress Space Hardware Center, the Satellite-based Information Systems Public Corporation and other Roscosmos companies who represent the Russian space industry within the framework of the Roscosmos exhibit.
Proton Unharmed by Rail Incident21.07.2010 On Sunday, 18 July, in the Ulyanovsk area, the special-purpose train carrying a Proton launch vehicle collided with an oncoming train. No visible damage has been sustained by the rocket.
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