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ILS‏ @ILSLaunch 4 ч назад

ILS President @KirkPysher will be at the 21st Summit for Satellite Financing to discuss the changing launch market. http://bit.ly/294bBHT 

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ILS‏ @ILSLaunch 3 мин. назад

ILS is at the Summit for Satellite Financing. Panel: Satellite Operators: Defining business models for new satellite environment. @finsat_17

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Caleb Henry‏ @CHenry_SN 12 сент.

.@ILSLaunch Kirk Pysher: we have three launches in the next six weeks. Translation: Proton is back.

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Caleb Henry‏ @CHenry_SN 12 сент.

ILS: we have to provide a diverse launch solution for LEO, MEO and GEO. If we ignored that, we wouldn't be viable.


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ILS: insurance rates were hammering us. With #Amazonas5 launch today, should alleviate some of that.

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ILS President Kirk Pysher is at the Summit for Satellite Financing in Paris, France, and was part of the panel to discuss change In the launch industry. "Established players moving to the rhythm of a changing launch market" was held on Tuesday. The Summit for Satellite Financing, held from September 11-14, is an executive conference for the global satellite industry.

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Michelle‏ @spacechelle
This morning we had a successful launch & will conduct 3 launches w/in the next 6 weeks. @KirkPysher @ILSLaunch #WorldSatelliteBuisnessWeek
 7:29 - 12 сент. 2017 г. Paris, France

AsiaSat-9 летит 28 сентября. Ещё два пуска в октябре?

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 Caleb Henry‏ @CHenry_SN  12 сент.
ILS: insurance rates were hammering us. With #Amazonas5 launch today, should alleviate some of that.
 
   Caleb Henry‏ @CHenry_SN  12 сент.
ILS: we have to provide a diverse launch solution for LEO, MEO and GEO. If we ignored that, we wouldn't be viable.

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http://spacenews.com/ils-proton-launches-hispasat-satellite/

ILS's final mission for the year is scheduled for Sept. 28 with AsiaSat-9 for Hong Kong-based fleet operator AsiaSat.

Т.е. Пишер говорил о двух федеральных пусках в октябре?

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Видимо он просто сказал, что за шесть недель с 17 августа по 28 сентября будет выполнено три пуска.

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ILS‏ @ILSLaunch 3 ч. назад

Thank you to all of our guests for attending the ILS reception at the Summit for Satellite Financing in Paris. https://www.facebook.com/pg/ILSLaunch/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1389558924446159 ...

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ILS‏ @ILSLaunch 15 мин. назад

The AsiaSat 9 launch crew poses in the control room. Go #AsiaSat9! @sslmda

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http://www.khrunichev.com/main.php?id=1&nid=3528

ТРЕТИЙ ЗА ПОЛТОРА МЕСЯЦА «ПРОТОН» СТАРТОВАЛ С КОСМОДРОМА БАЙКОНУР
Ракета космического назначения (РКН) «Протон-М» с разгонным блоком (РБ) «Бриз-М» и космическим аппаратом AsiaSat-9 («АзиаСат-9») стартовала с Байконура в 21:52:16 мск. 28 сентября.  
Старт и полет ракеты-носителя прошли без замечаний. В расчетное время орбитальный блок (в составе космического аппарата и разгонного блока) отделился от третьей ступени ракеты-носителя и продолжил полет в автономном режиме.

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Дальнейшее выведение космического аппарата AsiaSat-9 на целевую геосинхронную переходную орбиту будет выполнено за счет 5-ти включений маршевой двигательной установки блока «Бриз-М». Отделение космического аппарата от разгонного блока ожидается приблизительно через 9 часов 13 минут после старта – в 7:05 мск 29 сентября. Масса спутника AsiaSat-9 при отделении на орбите составит приблизительно 6140 кг.
Телекоммуникационный спутник AsiaSat-9 разработан и изготовлен фирмой Space Systems/Loral (США) по заказу Asiasat - Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (Гонконг). AsiaSat-9 должен обеспечить услуги связи, телевещания и широкополосного доступа в интернет на территории Азиатско-Тихоокеанского региона.

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Контракт на предоставление пусковых услуг для запуска КА AsiaSat -9 заключила компания International Launch Services Inc. (ILS, Рестон, США) - дочернее предприятие Центра Хруничева. Состоявшийся запуск стал 96-м пуском РН «Протон» в рамках контрактов, заключенных ILS и 416-м в истории эксплуатации этого носителя (с учетом всех его модификаций).

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Это третий в текущем году пуск ракеты-носителя «Протон-М». Предыдущие два состоялись 17 августа (с космическим аппаратом для Министерства обороны РФ) и 11 сентября (с испанским спутником связи Amazonas 5) 2017 года.

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http://www.ilslaunch.com/newsroom/news-releases/ils-proton-successfully-launches-asiasat-9-satellite-asiasat

September 29, 2017

ILS PROTON SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES THE ASIASAT 9 SATELLITE FOR ASIASAT

BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan, September 29, 2017 – International Launch Services (ILS), a leader in providing launch services to the global commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the AsiaSat 9 satellite into orbit today on an ILS Proton for Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) of Hong Kong. This was the 3rd commercial mission of the year for ILS and the 96th ILS Proton launch overall.

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The Proton M launch vehicle, utilizing a 5-burn Breeze M mission design, lifted off from Pad 39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 00:52 a.m. today local time (2:52 a.m. in Hong Kong; 6:52 p.m. GMT and 2:52 p.m. ET on September 28 ) with the AsiaSat 9 satellite on board. The first three stages of the Proton used a standard ascent profile to place the orbital unit (Breeze M upper stage and the AsiaSat 9 satellite) into a sub-orbital trajectory. From this point in the mission, the Breeze M performed planned mission maneuvers to advance the orbital unit first to a nearly circular parking orbit, then to an intermediate orbit, followed by a transfer orbit, and finally to a geosynchronous transfer orbit. Separation of the AsiaSat 9 satellite occurred as planned, 9 hours, 13 minutes after lift-off.

This was the 416th launch for Proton since its maiden flight in 1965. The Proton Breeze M vehicle is developed and built by Khrunichev Space Center of Moscow.

Built by SSL (Space Systems Loral), AsiaSat 9 will provide enhanced performance, higher efficiency and greater flexibility for DTH, video distribution, VSAT broadband and mobility services. AsiaSat 9 is a replacement satellite for AsiaSat 4 at 122°E with multiple C, Ku and Ka-band payloads. It carries the world's first dedicated Ku-band Myanmar beam, new Ku-band beams for Indonesia and Mongolia, in addition to two enhanced Ku-band beams serving Australasia and East Asia and a wider high-power C-band coverage across the Asia-Pacific region. The five Ku band beams onboard AsiaSat 9 are equipped with cross-strap beam switching capability to provide flexible coverage.

ILS President Kirk Pysher said, "This is our 5th launch with AsiaSat over our long history with them, having launched over half of AsiaSat's operational fleet. We are proud to have played a key role in the growth of AsiaSat's business over the years. We appreciate the AsiaSat, ILS, Khrunichev, SSL mission teams for their dedication to ensuring a successful launch."

"With Proton's unique optimized delivery to orbit, extending the lifetime of the AsiaSat 9 satellite, AsiaSat is once again creating exceptional value for our services in Asia," said Andrew Jordan, President and Chief Executive Officer of AsiaSat. "AsiaSat 9 will provide additional and enhanced services to a wide region of Asia and some ground-breaking capabilities in power and efficiency in some new regions. Sincere thanks to all of the AsiaSat 9 team members for a perfect mission and launch." ...

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http://www.khrunichev.com/main.php?id=1&nid=3529

РАКЕТА-НОСИТЕЛЬ «ПРОТОН-М» УСПЕШНО ВЫВЕЛА НА ОРБИТУ ОЧЕРЕДНОЙ СПУТНИК СВЯЗИ
29.09.2017

Ракета – носитель (РН) «Протон-М» с разгонным блоком «Бриз-М», стартовавшая с космодрома Байконур в четверг 28 сентября, вывела на целевую орбиту шеститонный геостационарный спутник связи AsiaSat-9 («АзиаСат-9»).

... Состоявшийся запуск стал 96-м пуском РН «Протон» в рамках контрактов, заключенных ILS. Кроме того, это был 31-й пуск РН «Протон» с космическим аппаратом, изготовленным на базе платформы SSL.
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ILS‏ @ILSLaunch 2 окт.

Photos from the celebration of the successful ILS Proton launch of #AsiaSat9. https://www.facebook.com/ILSLaunch/posts/1404497316285653 ...

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ILS is thrilled to be attending the Satellite Innovation Symposium at Silicon Valley from October 2-3. The 2017 Satellite Innovation Symposium aims to pinpoint key imminent market changes that will become obvious in years to come.

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http://tass.ru/kosmos/4632438

Россия может заключить четыре коммерческих контракта на запуск "Протонов" в 2019 году  
 10 октября, 12:21 UTC+3
 Отмечается, что в этом году с помощью "Протона-М" состоялись три коммерческих старта
 
  © Петр Ковалев/ТАСС
 
МОСКВА, 10 октября. /ТАСС/. Россия может заключить четыре контракта по международным пускам ракет "Протон" в 2019 году. Об этом сообщил ТАСС исполняющий обязанности гендиректора Центра им. М. В. Хруничева (предприятие - изготовитель "Протонов") Алексей Варочко.
"На сегодняшний день на 2018 год предприятие имеет полную загрузку. Что касается 2019 года, мы сейчас отрабатываем в рамках возможного заключения четыре контракта по международным пускам", - сказал Варочко.
Он сообщил, что в этом году предприятие должно изготовить еще четыре ракеты "Протон-М", а в 2018 будет изготовлено 10 таких носителей.
В этом году с помощью "Протона-М" уже было выполнено три коммерческих старта со спутниками Echostar-21, Amazonas-5 и AsiaSat-9.
Эксклюзивное право на маркетинг РН "Протон" имеет компания International Launch Services Inc. (дочернее предприятие Центра им. М. В. Хруничева).

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http://spacenews.com/ils-says-proton-medium-will-compete-head-to-head-with-falcon-9/

ILS says Proton Medium will compete head to head with Falcon 9
by Caleb Henry — October 12, 2017


Kirk Pysher, ILS president. Credit: ILS

MOSCOW — International Launch Services expects its new, scaled-down variant of Proton-M to be a more direct competitor with SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket than the current heavy-lift version ILS has used for decades.

Kirk Pysher, president of ILS, said the company is banking on Proton Medium as the company's next step — a vehicle more important to the commercial sector than Angara 5, Russia's modular, next-generation launcher, which ILS has commercial rights to like Proton. Angara 5 is optimized for heavyweight spacecraft as a direct replacement for Proton-M starting in 2025, but would likely be applicable for just one to two missions per year, Pysher said, and that launch rate would not be enough to constitute a steady business.

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"We need to target something between $65 [million] and $55 million as the price point, and the Angara 5 vehicle will not be able to do that," Pysher told SpaceNews. "That is why it is not really the right fit for the current commercial market as we see it today. We need that family of vehicles that the variants address."

SpaceX advertises $62 million for a Falcon 9 launch to geostationary transfer orbit.

Proton Medium is a variant of Proton-M that lacks a third stage, swapping out the engines for a support structure to keep the rocket relatively similar in size. Compared to Proton-M, which can carry up to 7 metric tons to geostationary transfer orbit, Proton Medium lifts 5 to 5.7 metric tons. ILS also has plans for a smaller variant called Proton Light, but its development is on hold pending Proton Medium's completion in late 2018.

ILS is now betting that Proton Medium will address the biggest share of the marketplace today, eclipsing the workhorse Proton-M in launch cadence once fully operational.

"It fits that sweet spot where we see the medium-class satellite is today, and it competes directly with Falcon 9," Pysher said.

Next year's nadir

ILS has just one commercial launch scheduled for next year — a dual launch in late 2018 carrying the Eutelsat 5 West B telecommunications satellite and MEV-1, Orbital ATK's first satellite-servicing Mission Extension Vehicle.

Proton Medium sketch. Credit: ILS

Pysher attributed next year's light manifest to Proton failure investigations underway in 2014 and 2015 when many commercial satellite fleet operators were lining up their rides.

Proton averaged a failure a year from 2010 to 2015, resulting in stringent quality initiatives by manufacturer and ILS owner Khrunichev to reinforce the rocket's reliability.

Those quality initiatives prompted last year's recall of several Proton engines that had been assembled using an out-of-spec solder, slowing 2016 and 2017 launches. Proton launched three times in 2016 and four times this year. The Russian government has one more Proton launch planned before year's end.

Proton's spate of failures unnerved insurers, who demanded higher premiums from satellite operators who chose the rocket. Pysher said several underwriters stepped away from Proton launches or reduced the amount of money they were willing to put at risk, driving rates up.

"As we see it right now, the underwriting market has assumed Proton to be a one failure out of 10 launch attempt product. That's the way they have priced it in the market, and we have to prove them wrong," he said, adding that Proton currently has 12 consecutive successes. "Once we achieve 15 successes in a row, we expect to see a lot of the underwriters that stepped away to come back. They've made a lot of money on Proton in the past, and they want Proton back in the marketplace."

Pysher said Proton should launch five to six times in 2018 with Russian government payloads, and once with ILS's one commercial mission. He added ILS can accommodate additional customers in 2018 and "would not rule out any opportunity." ILS has 12 missions in backlog, including one Proton Medium mission from Eutelsat for a launch in 2019 or 2020.

Dual launch opportunity?

Pysher said satellite operators are looking more intensely at sharing a Proton-M with another customer as a means to drive costs down further. While the Russian government has launched a number of dual missions with Proton-M, the Eutelsat-Orbital ATK mission will be Proton's first commercial dual launch.

In contrast to Europe's Ariane 5 rocket, which routinely flies dual passengers and uses a protective case called SYLDA (Système de Lancement Double Ariane) for the lower-berth satellite, Proton's dual passengers must stack their satellites directly on top one another. That stacking means the top of the lower satellite must be clear of easily crushable instruments. Satellite manufacturers typically use the open real estate on the Earth-facing top of a satellite to mount antennas, making this requirement a challenge for would-be ILS dual-launch customers.

Pysher said Boeing's 702SP bus, which fleet operators Eutelsat and ABS used for two dual launches on SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets, was expected to be a breakthrough in stacked configurations. No other dual launches of stacked 702SP have followed suit, however. MEV-1 is an exception to ILS's dual launch dilemma in that it has nothing on its top that would be jeopardized by stacking, Pysher said.

Pysher said ILS has no payload separator like Ariane 5 because the added mass reduces how much satellite payload Proton can launch. Arianespace can launch approximately 10 tons to GTO with the Ariane 5, about three tons more than Proton. ILS would take a larger mass penalty by implementing a divider on Proton, but if a SYLDA-like product is truly needed, Pysher said ILS would invest in it.

ILS and Khrunichev are also developing a 5-meter fairing that, based on customer inquiries, would likely see more use for low-Earth-orbit mega-constellations than for larger geostationary satellites, Pysher said. That fairing is expected in 2020.

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ILS‏ @ILSLaunch 22 ч. назад

#TBT: ILS was thrilled to participate in #APSCC which took place this month in Tokyo, Japan. http://bit.ly/2yODwJq  @apsccsatellite


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THROWBACK THURSDAY: More photos from the @apsccsatellite Conference and Exhibition. #TBT #satellite #ILSProton #launch

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THROWBACK THURSDAY: ILS was thrilled to participate in the APSCC Satellite Conference and Exhibition which took place this month in Tokyo, Japan.

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The session "A Realistic Assessment of Future Commercial Launch Supply" provided the audience with an update from each launch-service provider on the schedule for its new-generation rockets. All introduced new vehicles in the coming years.

ILS had an active schedule in the past several months, successfully launching four satellites from June to September, 2017. EchoStar 21 was launched on June 8, followed by a Russian Federal mission on August 17. ILS then had two launches in September: Amazonas 5 on September 12, and AsiaSat 9 on September 29. ILS and Khrunichev were able to accommodate the compressed campaigns due to the second spacecraft processing facility, two operational launch pads, and a dedicated team with a focus on mission success.

ILS has responded to changing spacecraft designs and customer requirements in a number of ways. ILS can serve a wide range of satellite masses and can "right size" the Proton vehicle, as needed. This provides a competitive edge as new satellite technologies continue to come to fruition. ILS also benefits from the proven technology of mainstay Proton vehicle given the very limited modifications associated with the Proton Variants.

With the heritage Proton Breeze M, the heavy lift workhorse, the two-stage Proton Medium, and the availability of the 5 meter fairing, ILS can accommodate the higher volume spacecraft such as High Throughout Satellites, a pairing of stacked satellites, or multiple clusters of satellites for large LEO constellations. ILS has adapted and responded with cost effective solutions across the board.

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ILS‏ @ILSLaunch 17 ч. назад

ILS was in Colorado this week to celebrate the successful launch of #EchoStarXXI with Anders Johnson, President @EchoStar Satellite Services

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