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International Launch Services and Telesat Announce the ILS Proton Launch of Nimiq 6 in 2012

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Monday, March 29th, 2010

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International Launch Services (ILS) and Telesat recently announced a contract for the ILS Proton launch of Telesat's Nimiq 6 satellite scheduled for mid-2012. "ILS has a longstanding history with Telesat beginning with the first ILS Proton launch of Nimiq 1 over ten years ago, Canada's first direct broadcast digital TV satellite," ILS President Frank McKenna said. "Having just launched Nimiq 5 for Telesat last fall, ILS and Khrunichev are honored to have the opportunity to again work with the Telesat…

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