ILS Proton to Launch Anik F1R.

ILS:

Payload:                    Anik F1R
                            Eurostar E3000 platform
                            Separated mass: approx. 4,500 kg (9,900
                            lbs)

Launch Vehicle:             Proton M/Breeze M
                            Weight at liftoff: 691,272 kg (1.5 million
                            lbs), including payload
                            Height: 58 m (191 ft)

Launch Time:                03:53 Sept. 9 Baikonur
                            21:53 Sept. 8 GMT
                            17:53 Sept. 8 EDT

Launch Site:                Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
                            Launch Pad 39

End User:                   Telesat Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

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:              Multipurpose communications satellite.  A
                            32-channel Ku-band payload and 24-channel
                            C-band payload will carry broadcast and
                            telecommunications services throughout
                            Canada and the United States.  A
                            navigation payload operating at C- and
                            L-bands will provide a critical component
                            for air traffic control in North America.

Satellite Statistics:       --  32 active Ku-band transponders

                            --  24 active C-band transponders

                            --  C-/L-band navigation payload

                            --  Orbital location: 107.3 degrees West
                                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 circular reference 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: 3,200 km (1,988 miles)
                            Inclination: 10 degrees

Spacecraft Separation:      Approximately 9 hours, 11 minutes after
                            liftoff

ILS Mission Statistics:     --  3rd ILS launch for Telesat Canada on
                                Proton

                            --  6th ILS mission for 2005

                            --  3rd ILS Proton mission this year

                            --  34th ILS mission on Proton

                            --  4th Proton launch of E3000 bus

                            --  316th Proton launch

Live Broadcast              Intelsat IA-6, transponder 9, C-band, 93
 in North America:          degrees West, downlink 3880 MHz
                            (vertical), analog NTSC
                            Test signals start at 5:15 p.m. EDT

Live Broadcast              New Skies NSS-7, transponder ENV1/EUH1
 in Europe:                 CH2, Ku-band, 338 degrees West
                            downlink 10995.5 MHz (horizontal), digital
                            PAL
                            symbol rate 6.1113, fec:  3/4
                            Test signals start at 21:15 p.m. 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.