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| ILS Proton Successfully Launches ARABSAT's BADR-4 Satellite  A Russian-built Proton Breeze M vehicle provided by International Launch Services has successfully launched a satellite that will carry direct-to-home television services, together with voice and broadband services, across the Middle East, North Africa and parts of Europe. The Proton launcher lifted off at 2:01 a.m. local time in Baikonur (3:01 p.m. Wednesday EST, 20:01 Wednesday GMT). It carried the BADR-4 satellite built by Astrium, which contracted for the launch on behalf of the Arab Satellite Communications Organization, ARABSAT, headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ILS is the U.S.-Russian joint venture responsible for worldwide commercial sales and mission management of satellite launches on Russia's premier vehicle, the Proton. The Proton vehicle, built by ILS partner Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center of Russia, has carried out 322 missions for the Russian government and commercial customers over more than 40 years. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Computing News :: home page |