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[Satellite News – 5-20-08] Khrunichev Space Center and International Launch Services (ILS) have initiated a quality initiative for Khrunichev and its subcontractors, the two organizations announced April 24.     Khrunichev manufactures Russia’s Proton rocket, and ILS market the vehicles for commercial use. Two ILS Proton missions have suffered failures since September, the latest in March,...

 

[Satellite News – 4-15-08] SES has confirmed the worst-case scenario for the AMC-14 satellite, declaring the spacecraft a total loss April 11. The loss is a blow to SES, but will create more problems for EchoStar, which had been banking on AMC-14 to help boost its high-definition (HD) strategy in the United States.     AMC-14,...

[Satellite News – 3-26-08] After being grounded for more than a year, Sea Launch looks to have recovered from its January 2007 launch failure, and “regained our stride” with the launch of DirecTV-11 March 19, said CEO Rob Peckham.     The DirecTV mission was the second launch performed by Sea Launch in 2008, and the...

[Satellite News – 3-25-08] The impact of the Proton launch failure continued to resonate through the satellite industry, with EchoStar insisting that the uncertain fate of the AMC-14 satellite will not delay the expansion of its high-definition offerings and rival launch providers ready to pick up the slack if the Proton rocket is grounded for...

[Satellite News – 3-20-08] Boeing Launch Services could take up the slack if Russia’s Proton rocket is grounded for an extended period following the March 15 failure of a mission for International Launch Services (ILS), a Boeing executive said.     Ken Heinly, president of Boeing Launch Services, said the Delta 4 could now be “an...

[Satellite News – 3-19-08] With AMC-14 failing to reach its intended orbit following a problem with its Russian Proton launch vehicle, the launch services industry again faces an uncertain period.     This is the second failure since September for a Proton rocket carrying a commercial satellite for an International Launch Services (ILS) customer, and Sea...

[Satellite News – 3-17-08] A Proton Breeze M rocket suffered its second failure in six months when a problem with the vehicle’s second stage left SES Americom‘s AMC-14 short of its intended orbit March 15.     The satellite, which news reports claim is 8,000 kilometers short of its planned altitude of 36,000 kilometers, is in...

[Satellite Today – 3-15-08] An SES Americom AMC-14 satellite failed to reach its planned orbit after a Proton rocket suffered a second stage failure, Khrunichev and International Launch Services (ILS) announced March 15.         The Proton Breeze M rocket lifted off for the ILS commercial mission at 5:18 a.m. local time from the Baikonur...