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Space

ILS Proton Successfully Launches BADR-5 for Arabsat

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Monday, June 7th, 2010

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International Launch Services (ILS), a leading launch services provider for the global commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the BADR-5 satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit June 4 on an ILS Proton for Arabsat of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. "It was an honor to be entrusted to launch BADR-5, a powerful satellite and the first of Arabsat's 5th generation satellites to expand the communications capabilities for the region," Frank McKenna, ILS president said. "Working with our long term partners at Astrium, Arabsat and…

Congress

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