ILS Proton To Launch MEASAT-3.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: MEASAT-3
Boeing 601HP platform
Separated mass: approx. 4,765 kg (10,505 lbs)
Launch Vehicle: Proton M/Breeze M
Weight at liftoff: 691,272 kg (1.5 million
lbs), including payload
Height: 56.2 m (184 ft)
Launch Time: 5:28 a.m. Dec. 12 Baikonur
23:28 Dec. 11 GMT
6:28 p.m. Dec. 11 EST
3:28 p.m. Dec. 11 PST
Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launch Pad 39
End User: MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn Bhd, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia
Satellite Manufacturer: Boeing Satellite Systems, El Segundo, Calif.
Launch Vehicle Khrunichev State Research and Production
Manufacturer: Space Center, Moscow
Launch Services
Provider: International Launch Services (ILS), McLean,
Va.
Satellite Use: MEASAT-3 will provide high-powered C-band
coverage over more than 100 countries
comprising more than 70 percent of the
world's population, and DTH-quality Ku-band
coverage over 160 million TV households in
Malaysia, Indonesia and South Asia.
Satellite Statistics: -- 24 C-band transponders
-- 24 Ku-band transponders
-- Orbital location: 91.5 degrees East
longitude
-- Contractual 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 circular parking orbit of 173 km
(107.5 miles), inclined at 51.5 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
35,786 km (22,236 miles).
Target Orbit Apogee: 35,786 km (22,236 miles)
at Separation: Perigee: 7,360 km (4,573 miles)
Inclination: 16.5 degrees
Spacecraft Separation: Approximately 9 hours, 12 seconds after
liftoff
ILS Mission Statistics: -- 4th ILS Proton mission of 2006
-- 6th ILS mission overall for 2006
-- 10th Proton launch of Boeing 601 bus
-- 39th ILS mission on Proton
Live Broadcast Intelsat IA-6, 93 degrees West, transponder
in North America: 9, C-band, analog NTSC, downlink 3880 MHz
(vertical)
Test signals start at 5:30 p.m. EST,
broadcast begins around 6 p.m.
Live Broadcast PAS-8, 166 degrees East, transponder
in Malaysia: 17C Lower, Channels A&B, C-band, digital PAL,
downlink 4031 MHz (vertical),
symbol rate 13.24, fec: 2/3
Test signals start at 22:30 GMT
Live Broadcast New Skies NSS-7, 338 degrees East,
in Europe: transponder WHL4/EUH3 Channel 1, Ku-band,
digital PAL,
downlink 11,098.9 MHz (horizontal),
symbol rate 6.1113, fec: 3/4
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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