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ILS To Launch AsiaSat 5 Satellite In July-September Liftoff

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Monday, March 16th, 2009

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International Launch Services (ILS) will orbit the AsiaSat 5 satellite in the July-September quarter, ILS announced. Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (AsiaSat) signed a contract with ILS to launch the bird on an ILS Proton lifter. The satellite, under construction by Space Systems/Loral [LORL] in Palo Alto, Calif., is expected to be delivered to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early this summer. ILS and Khrunichev are implementing a mission integration schedule to support a third quarter 2009 launch. AsiaSat 5…

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