Solar Energy News  
LAUNCH PAD
ILS To Launch Two SIRIUS Radio Satellite On Proton Breeze M

File image of SIRIUS Satellite.
by Staff Writers
 McLean VA (SPX) Mar 05, 2008
 International Launch Services has announced a contract for the launch of two SIRIUS Satellite Radio satellites on the Proton Breeze M vehicle. SIRIUS expects to launch SIRIUS FM-6 under the contract. SIRIUS FM-6 is currently under construction at Space Systems/Loral and is anticipated to be launched in the fourth quarter of 2010.

SIRIUS has not announced plans to utilize the second launch announced today.

The Proton booster and the Breeze M upper stage are built by ILS' Russian partner, Khrunichev Space Center of Moscow. The Proton vehicle launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

"We thank SIRIUS for selecting Proton, and for its long-term relationship with ILS," said ILS President Frank McKenna. "We launched SIRIUS' initial constellation of three satellites in 2000. Proton has the ideal performance for SIRIUS, with both its heavy-lift capability and its flexibility to carry spacecraft to various orbits."

ILS is a joint venture of Space Transport Inc., along with Khrunichev Space Center and RSC Energia of Moscow. ILS has exclusive rights to market the Proton, Russia's premier heavy-lift vehicle, to commercial satellite operators worldwide. The Proton has a heritage of 333 missions since 1965.

Proton builder Khrunichev is one of the cornerstones of the Russian space industry. It was created from the merger of the Khrunichev Machine-building Plant and the Salyut Design Bureau 15 years ago. The company includes among its branches a number of key manufacturers of launch vehicle and spacecraft components in Moscow and in other cities of the Russian Federation.

Related Links
 Launch Pad at Space-Travel.com


Memory Foam Mattress Review
SPACE MEDIA NETWORK PROMOTIONS
 Solar Energy Solutions
Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison ...
Newsletters :: SpaceDaily :: SpaceWar :: TerraDaily :: Energy Daily
XML Feeds :: Space News :: Earth News :: War News :: Solar Energy News


LAUNCH PAD
ILS Announces Contract To Launch Two Sirius Satellite Radio Spacecraft On Proton Breeze M
 McLean VA (SPX) Mar 03, 2008
 International Launch Services has signed contracts for the launch of two Sirius Satellite Radio satellites on the Proton Breeze M vehicle. Sirius expects to launch Sirius FM-6 under the contract announced. Sirius FM-6 is currently under construction at Space Systems/Loral and is anticipated to be launched in the fourth quarter of 2010. Sirius has not announced plans to utilize the second launch just announced.






CIVIL NUCLEAR
  • Toshiba, IHI in talks over nuclear plant tie-up: report
  • India shrugs off US nuclear accord warning
  • Safety better at Swedish nuclear plant, but more needed: IAEA
  • Reactors still down after massive Florida power outage: officials

    • CLIMATE SCIENCE
  • Will Global Warming Increase Plant Frost Damage
  • Australian drought easing but not over: experts
  • Tokyo bourse says looking at carbon trading
  • Seafloor Cores Show Tight Bond Between Dust And Past Climates

    • FARM NEWS
  • JT to raise own food production after dumpling scare
  • France proposes tougher EU rules for modified crops
  • Genetic code of corn cracked
  • West Coast Salmon Return In Smaller Numbers

    • FLORA AND FAUNA
  • Can Moths Or Butterflies Remember What They Learned As Caterpillars
  • French biologists sound alarm over imperilled species
  • Study Finds Future Battlegrounds For Conservation Very Different To Those In Past
  • Invasion Of The Cane Toads

    • ROCKET SCIENCE
  • Space X Falcon 9 Facing More Delays As Shuttle Replacement Looms
  • SpaceX Completes Qualification Testing Of Falcon 1 Merlin Regeneratively Cooled Engine
  • First Firing Of European Staged-Combustion Demonstration Engine
  • Iran gives details on controversial space launch

    • NUCLEAR SPACE
  • Nuclear Power In Space - Part 2
  • Outside View: Nuclear future in space
  • Nuclear Power In Space

    • EARTH OBSERVATION
  • Falcon Investigates Pollution From The Dakar Metropolis Into Desert Dust Layers
  • NASA Extends Mission For Ball Aerospace-Built ICESat
  • CIRA Scientist Among Authors Of Book Celebrating 50 Years Of Earth Observations From Space
  • Indonesia To Develop New EO Satellite

    • TECH SPACE
  • Europe's GEANT computer network extends its reach
  • Siberian Shepherd Seeks A Million Rubles Over Rocket Fragment Fall
  • Boeing Satellites Reach 2500 Years Of Accumulated On Orbit Services
  • Satellite Debris Analysis Indicates Hydrazine Tank Hit

    • The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright Space.TV Corporation. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space.TV Corp on any Web page published or hosted by Space.TV Corp. Privacy Statement