Successful liftoff of the ILS Proton M Breeze M rocket and the SatMex_8

ILS - SatMex_8 launch poster.


March 26, 2013

 Proton M Breeze M rocket launch

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, 23:06:48 MSK (Moscow Time) 3:13 pm (GMT) from the launch complex of the platform 200, liftoff of the Proton M Breeze M rocket and the Satmex 8 satellite.

Launch of SatMex_8 on Proton-M

Successful liftoff of the ILS Proton M Breeze M rocket, which is carrying the Satmex 8 satellite onboard. The three stages of the proton vehicle have performed as planned, and it is up to the Breeze M upper stage to complete the mission.

The Satellite

    Satellite Operator: Satélites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V.
    Satellite Manufacturer: Space Systems/Loral
    Purpose: C- and Ku-band Services
    Platform: SS/L 1300
    Separated Mass: ~5,474 kg
    Satellite Design Life: 15 years

Satmex_8 satellite

Highlights

    1st Satmex Satellite Launched on ILS Proton
    78th ILS Proton Launch Overall
    1st ILS Proton Launch in 2013
    25th Space Systems/Loral Satellite Launched on ILS Proton

An International Launch Services Proton rocket with a Breeze M upper stage will deploy the Satmex 8 satellite. Satmex 8 will provide video distribution, broadband, cellular backhaul and distance learning services in North America and South America.

For more information about International Launch Services (ILS), visit: http://www.ilslaunch.com/

Roscosmos PAO press release: http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=19977

Images, Video, Text, Credits: ILS / Roscosmos TV / ILS TV.

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