ADVISORY/ILS Proton to Launch W3A Satellite.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Monday Monday: see week. (March 15) --(BUSINESS WIRE) International Launch Services International Launch Services (or ILS) was formed in 1995 as a private spaceflight partnership between the United States defense contractor Lockheed Martin (LM) (LM sold their part later) and the Russian firms Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center and RSC (ILS ILS In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Israeli Shekel. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. )
Payload: W3A satellite
Eurostar E3000 platform
Separated mass: approx. 4,250 kg
(9,370 lbs)
Launch Vehicle: Proton M/Breeze M
Weight at liftoff: 691,272 kg
(1.5 million lbs), including payload
Height: 61 m (200 ft)
Launch Date: March 16 (Baikonur)
March 15 (GMT, U.S.)
Launch Window Opens: 04:06 a.m. Baikonur
23:06 GMT
6:06 p.m. EST
Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launch Complex 81, Pad 24
End User: Eutelsat, Paris
Satellite Manufacturer: EADS Astrium, Toulouse, France
Launch Vehicle Khrunichev State Research and Production
Manufacturer: Space Center, Moscow
Launch Services International Launch Services (ILS),
Provider: McLean, Va.
Satellite Use: Largest satellite launched to date for
Eutelsat. Ku- and Ka-band frequencies and
Skyplex on-board processing to provide
direct-to-home, video, data and broadband
services in Europe, Middle East and
Africa.
Satellite Statistics: -- 58 transponders (50 operational
simultaneously)
-- Orbital location: 7 degrees East
longitude
-- Anticipated service life of 15 years
Mission Profile: The Proton launch vehicle will inject the
satellite into geosynchronous transfer
orbit, using a five-burn Breeze M mission
design. The first three stages of the
Proton will use a standard ascent
trajectory to place the Breeze M fourth
stage, with the satellite, into a
suborbital trajectory, from which the
Breeze M will place itself and the
spacecraft into a support orbit of 180 km
(112 miles), inclined at 51.6 degrees.
Then the satellite will be propelled to
its transfer orbit by additional burns of
the Breeze M. Following separation from
the Breeze M, the spacecraft will perform
a series of liquid apogee engine burns to
raise perigee, lower inclination and
circularize the orbit at the geostationary
altitude of 36,000 km (22,300 miles).
Target Orbit Apogee: 35,786 km
at Separation: Perigee: 3,978 km
Inclination: 13 degrees
Spacecraft Separation: Approximately 9 hours, 10 minutes after
liftoff
ILS Mission Statistics: -- 2nd ILS launch in a week
-- 3rd ILS mission this year
-- 1st Proton mission this year
-- 28th ILS mission on Proton
NEWS MEDIA ACTIVITIES
Live Broadcast Galaxy 3 , transponder 2, C-band, 95
in U.S.: degrees West, downlink 3740 MHz
(vertical), analog
Test signals start at 5:30 p.m. EST
In Europe: NSS-7, transponder NAV6/EUH6, Channel 1,
& Russia Ku-band 338 degrees East; FEC 3/4;
downlink 11573.750 MHz (horizontal)
Test signals start at 22:30 GMT
More Information: Live webcast and general mission
information are available on the ILS web
site at www.ilslaunch.com. Launch status
updates are available on the ILS U.S.
domestic Launch Hotline at 1-800-852-4980.
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