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Надоело мужику...

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http://www.spacenews.com/article/satellite-telecom/35297echostar-taps-ils-to-launch-very-large-communications-satellite#.UZSx1ErjvF0

EchoStar Taps ILS To Launch Very Large Communications Satellite
 
 ByPeter B. de Selding | May. 13, 2013
 

TerreStar-1 was launched in 2009 and weighed in at 6,910 kilograms. Credit: Space Systems/Loral artist's concept
 
PARIS — EchoStar, after leaving long-time supplier International Launch Services (ILS) for Europe's Arianespace consortium for a multilaunch deal, is returning to ILS for the launch of a communications satellite that, at more than 6,900 kilograms, might be the heaviest commercial spacecraft to date.
Reston, Va.-based ILS announced May 13 that it had signed a launch contract with Englewood, Colo.-based EchoStar for the launch of the unnamed satellite in late 2015 or early 2016.
An industry official said the satellite in question might be the TerreStar-2 mobile communications satellite, built by Space Systems/Loral of Palo Alto, Calif. The twin TerreStar-1 was launched in 2009 as a solo passenger aboard Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket and weighed in at 6,910 kilograms.
U.S. satellite television broadcaster Dish Networks, which like EchoStar is majority-owned by Charles Ergen, purchased TerreStar Networks out of bankruptcy in 2011 and also purchased DBSD, which launched a competing S-band satellite into orbit before it too declared bankruptcy.
Dish plans to develop a hybrid satellite-terrestrial wireless broadband service in the United States. The Dish effort in recent months has been helped by the regulatory roadblocks encountered by LightSquared, which had planned a mobile network before running into opposition from users of the U.S. GPS positioning, navigation and timing satellite network. LightSquared operates in L-band.
Dish has told the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that its S-band satellites do not interfere with GPS signals.
The FCC and Dish have been negotiating when Dish would need to launch a backup satellite to meet its U.S. license requirements. Dish has argued that by purchasing both TerreStar and DBSD, both of which had a satellite in orbit, it should not be required to launch another satellite because each could serve as a backup to the other.
The DBSD-G1 satellite was launched in 2008.

[G.K.]

Salo пишет:
6,910 kilograms

Это же на какую орбиту его выведут? 300 в перигеи и с каким-нибудь запредельным наклонением?

[Сергио]

интересно а зачем ему лучи 6,3,1. по тихоокеанскому берегу довольно ровно и точно сделали. в мексиканском заливе - вышки, яхтсмены и т.д. и со стороны северной атлантики явно избыточны. разве что по локсодроме JFK - Heathrow и Лос Анджелес - Хитроу.

[Salo]

G.K. пишет:

Salo пишет:
6,910 kilograms

Это же на какую орбиту его выведут? 300 в перигеи и с каким-нибудь запредельным наклонением?

Есть ещё суперсинхрон.

[Salo]

АниКей пишет:

ЛЕ-БУРЖЕ, 18 июня. /ИТАР-ТАСС/. Совместное российско-американское предприятия ILS /International Launch Service/ займется продвижением коммерческих запусков ракеты-носителя "Ангара". Об этом сообщил сегодня журналистам на пресс-брифинге в честь 20-летия создания ILS президент совместной компании Фил Слэк.
"Безусловно, когда будет принято соответствующее решение, мы займемся маркетингом "Ангары", – сказал Слэк.
Он пояснил, что, во-первых, ракета должна быть "облетана" по программам в интересах федерального правительства России. "Далее необходимо определиться с космодромом, с которого будут пускать "Ангару", – отметил он.
"ILS будет заниматься маркетингом пусковых услуг на базе ракеты-носителя "Ангара", – еще раз подчеркнул он.
 http://ru.euronews.com/newswires/1995130-newswire/

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anik пишет:
 Пакет заказов совместного российско-американского предприятия ILS составляет 1,5 млрд долларов
 http://www.biztass.ru/news/id/73591

ЛЕ-БУРЖЕ, 18 июня. /ИТАР-ТАСС/. Пакет заказов совместного российско-американского предприятия ILS /International Launch Service/, в которое с российской стороны входит Государственный космический научно-производственный центр /ГКНПЦ/ им. Хруничева, составляет 1,5 млрд долл. Об этом сообщил сегодня журналистам на пресс-брифинге в честь 20-летия создания совместного предприятия по предложению коммерческих пусковых услуг на ракету-носитель /РН/ "Протон" президент ILS Фил Слэк.

" Сегодняшний пакет заказов компании оценивается в 1,5 млрд долларов, и всего - 15 подписанных программ ", - сказал он. В течение 2013 года к настоящему моменту было выполнено четыре пуска РН "Протон" в интересах коммерческих заказчиком, до конца года ожидается еще 3-4 пуска . " Наш следующий пуск - это космический аппарат Аstra 2E, по плану пуск стоит на 20 июля ", - уточнил Слэк.

По его словам, "Протон" выводит на орбиту около 30 проц коммерческих спутников. Всего в истории было осуществлено 387 запусков этого носителя, в том числе 81 в интересах компании ILS. Общее количество контрактов, заключенных компанией, насчитывает 97, а в стоимостном отношении - более 7,5 млдр долл. "Говоря о минувшем десятилетии, контракты со стороны ILS обеспечили порядка 50 проц выручки ГКНПЦ", - отметил президент компании.

[Salo]

http://www.ilslaunch.com/newsroom/news-releases/investigation-russian-federal-proton-glonass-mission-failure-underway

Investigation into Russian Federal Proton Glonass Mission Failure is Underway

July 2, 2013 - The launch of the Proton M/Block DM-03 mission with three Glonass navigational satellites for the Russian Federal Government resulted in a failure today.  About ten seconds after lift-off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 8:38 am local time, the rocket veered off of its flight path and returned to earth.

The Proton booster (Stages 1, 2 and 3) is manufactured by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center (KhSC). S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation (Energia) is the prime contractor for the Block DM-03 upper stage (Stage 4).

The impact occurred in a safe area that was evacuated for the launch and all personnel are reported to be unharmed. From early reports, there was no damage to either launch Pad 39 or 24, near the impact area; there is only minor damage to nearby buildings.

The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) has set up a special commission to determine the cause of the failure and telemetry is currently being amassed and processed.

Following the commission's findings, International Launch Services (ILS) will conduct its own Failure Review Oversight Board (FROB).  The FROB will review the commission's findings and corrective action plan, in accordance with U.S. and Russian government export control regulations. The FROB will include representatives from ILS customers, insurance underwriters and technical experts from the industry. Further detail will be provided by ILS when it becomes available.

http://www.spacenews.com/article/launch-report/36100ils-downplays-proton-failure%E2%80%99s-implications-for-commercial-launches#.UdNWnNgXfTo

ILS Downplays Proton Failure's Implications for Commercial Launches
By Peter B. de Selding | Jul. 2, 2013

PARIS — The company that sells Russian Proton launch vehicles on the global commercial market said there appears to be no injuries to personnel at the Baikonur Cosmodrome following the July 2 failure of a Proton vehicle on a government mission and that the damage to spaceport infrastructure likewise appears minimal.

In a July 2 statement, Reston, Va.-based International Launch Services (ILS) also sought to distance the Proton Phase 3 vehicle it uses for commercial launches from the older-version rocket that failed just seconds after launch, destroying three Russian government Glonass navigation satellites.

ILS has conducted four commercial missions so far this year and had scheduled two more by September as it regained the market's confidence following a December 2012 Proton anomaly of Proton's Breeze-M upper stage. A large Russian telecommunications satellite was placed into a bad orbit but ultimately climbed into the correct position.

ILS said it will create its own failure-review oversight board to examine the findings of the Russian government-mandated commission that will investigate the cause of the July 2 failure.

ILS has long told customers that the Proton vehicle used for commercial flights differs from the rockets used for Russian government missions in more ways than the fact that the government launches use a Block DM upper stage built by RSC Energia of Kaliningrad, Russia, while the ILS Proton uses the Breeze-M stage built by ILS owner, and Proton prime contractor, Khrunichev Space Center of Moscow.

"The Glonass mission was launched using the Phase 1 Proton-M vehicle configuration that first flew in 2004," ILS said in its statement. "This Phase 1 Proton was powered by the RD-276 engines on [the] first stage, which [were] introduced with the Phase 2 upgrades and were used on a small number of Phase 1 Protons. The hardware for this mission was previously stored, then used for this mission.

"For commercial missions, the standard Phase 3 vehicle configuration is utilized for every mission."

In its mission planners' guide, which is posted on the company's website, the company nonetheless says that the basic Proton first-stage engine, which may or may not ultimately be identified as the cause of the July 2 failure, is the same for all Protons.

"Other than the changes to the propellant flow control valves, pressure feedback sensor and gas generator, the engines on the first stage of the Proton M [launch vehicle] are unchanged in their design and manufacture since 1965," the mission planners' guide says.

[Salo]

http://www.spacenews.com/article/launch-report/36880ils-appoints-pysher-to-new-quality-control-position

ILS Appoints Pysher to New Quality Control Position
By Warren Ferster | Aug. 21, 2013


Kirk Pysher. Credit: Photo courtesy of Kirk Pysher

WASHINGTON — Less than two months after the spectacularcrash July 2 of Russia's workhorse Proton rocket, International Launch Services (ILS), which markets the vehicle commercially, announced it had created a new position at the company with responsibility for quality control.
In an Aug. 20 press release, Reston, Va.-based ILS announced the appointment of Kirk Pysher as vice president of mission assurance and product development. Pysher will have responsibility for "overall quality review and monitoring of the Proton Quality Management System (QMS), oversight of Proton production processes and procedures, and regular reporting to industry customers and insurers on quality improvements performed by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center."
Moscow-based Khrunichev is the Proton manufacturer and majority shareholder in ILS, one of the world's primary providers of commercial launch services.
ILS spokeswoman Karen Monaghan said Pysher's position is a newly created one at the company but was in development before the July 2 failure. He will report directly to ILS President Phil Slack, the press release said.
The July 2 Proton failure, which destroyed three Russian Glonass navigation satellites, has been attributed to improperly installed motion sensors on the vehicle's first stage. The mishap was the fifth involving Proton since late 2010, with all but one occurring on Russian government missions.
In an email, Monaghan said ILS developed the new position as part of "a proactive approach to enhance its mission assurance program and provide improved quality oversight for our customers and the insurance community."
Pysher, who comes to ILS with more than 20 years of experience in the commercial launch industry, also will be responsible for overseeing ILS product development activities at Khrunichev, the press release said.
Prior to joining ILS, Pysher was chief operating officer of Energia Logistics United States, where he was responsible for engineering and operations of Sea Launch, a provider of commercial launch services. Energia Logistics, a major subcontractor to Sea Launch, is a U.S. offshoot of Moscow-RSC Energia, the majority owner of Sea Launch.
Before that, Pysher was vice president and chief systems engineer for Boeing-Sea Launch, the press release said. Chicago-based Boeing was a founding partner in Sea Launch, which launches satellites to geostationary orbit from a floating platform near the equator.
"Kirk is an excellent addition to our team and is a well-respected leader in the commercial launch services market," Slack said in a prepared statement. "His extensive experience in launch services and international partnerships will serve our customers and the insurance community very well."

[LL_]

Ой, Пааайшер. За что же его отротировали в очередной раз?
Алкоголизм, наверное...

[Новый]

Пайшер свалил из Силонча. Кто там бежит с корабля?
В прямом и переносном, кстати. ;-)

[Salo]

http://www.ilslaunch.com/newsroom/news-releases/ils-receives-mission-assignment-intelsat-intelsat-dla-2-launch-2015

ILS Receives Mission Assignment from Intelsat for Intelsat DLA-2 for Launch in 2015

Reston, VA, January 14, 2014 – International Launch Services (ILS) a leading commercial launch services provider, has received the first launch assignment from Intelsat of the two missions announced in March 2013.

The satellite, Intelsat DLA-2 , also known as Intelsat 31, will be launched by ILS Proton in 2015 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan utilizing the vehicle's Phase IV performance capability. A high power satellite, Intelsat DLA-2 is currently under construction by SSL of Palo Alto California, based on the flight proven 1300 platform.  The 6 metric ton satellite will provide in orbit protection services for the DIRECTV Latin America Direct-to-Home (DTH) television platform, a leading DTH digital television services operator in Latin America.  This will be the 11th ILS Proton launch for Intelsat and the 5th mission to support DIRECTV.

The second Intelsat satellite launch assignment awarded to ILS will be announced in the future.

[Salo]

http://www.ilslaunch.com/newsroom/news-releases/ils-launch-eutelsat-9b-satellite-2015

ILS to Launch the Eutelsat 9B Satellite in 2015  
 
Reston, VA, January 15 , 2014 –International Launch Services (ILS) and Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL), one of the world's leading satellite operators, announce that the EUTELSAT 9B satellite will be launched in 2015 by an ILS Proton launch vehicle.
EUTELSAT 9B, weighing 5300 kg, is a high-capacity Ku-band satellite being built by Space Systems( formerly Astrium) of Airbus Defence and Space. Based on a Eurostar E3000 platform, its 66 transponders will deliver to Eutelsat fresh resources and enhanced performance for broadcasting at the established 9 degrees East location via multiple service areas over Europe. EUTELSAT 9B will also host the first data relay payload for the European Data Relay Satellite System (EDRS) being implemented through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) between Space Systems and ESA. The EDRS system of telecommunication satellites in geostationary orbit will enable very high data rate, bi-directional data relay communications between Low Earth Orbit Earth observation satellites and an associated ground segment.
The Proton launch vehicle is Russia's heritage heavy-lift vehicle, built by Khrunichev Research and Production Space Center, the majority owner of ILS and one of the mainstays of the global space industry.
President of ILS, Phil Slack said, "After thirteen years and seven launches together, we are very proud that Eutelsat continues to place its trust in us to expand business with the launch of EUTELSAT 9B. ILS and Khrunichev look forward to working with the Eutelsat and Space Systems teams on this important mission."
"ILS and Khrunichev have maintained a flawless track record of success for Eutelsat since our first Proton flight in 2000. We are confident that the performance of the Proton launcher will continue to support the expansion of our fleet," said Michel de Rosen, Eutelsat Chairman and CEO.

[Salo]

Хорошо подъели Ариан.

[Salo]

http://www.spacenews.com/article/launch-report/39812ils-to-get-fewer-launches-in-2014-expects-boost-from-new-russian-export

ILS To Get Fewer Launches in 2014, Expects Boost fr om New Russian Export Credit Agency  
 By Peter B. de Selding | Mar. 11, 2014  

The Russian export credit agency whose mandate is to be much more active than its predecessor organization in giving financial assistance to Russian exports, ILS President Phil Slack said. Credit: ILS photo

WASHINGTON — Commercial launch services provider International Launch Services (ILS) expects to conduct four or five commercial campaigns this year, compared with seven in 2013, as demand for Russian government launches, not handled by ILS, consumes most of the rocket's 10-launch manifest this year, ILS President Phil Slack said March 10.
Briefing reporters here during the Satellite 2014 conference, Slack  declined to speculate on what satellites might make it onto the commercial manifest in 2014, saying it depends in part on whether the planned Russian government satellites are on schedule. He specifically said ILS is talking with Inmarsat about the second of two planned Inmarsat Global Xpress satellites and its place on the manifest.
Near-term ILS launches this year include the Astra 2G satellite for SES of Luxembourg and the Yamal 401 spacecraft for Russia's Gazprom Space Systems, Slack said.
In what he called a potentially major boost to ILS's competitiveness, Slack said the Russian government has created an export credit agency whose mandate is to be much more active than its predecessor organization in giving financial assistance to Russian exports.
The Export Insurance Agency of Russia (EXIAR), whose operating terms are being vetted by Western banks, will not provide direct loans as the U.S. Export-Import Bank does, but rather provide government guarantees for loans provided by commercial banks — in this case, denominated in dollars, euros or rubles. The French export-credit agency, Coface, operates in a similar manner.
Slack said EXIAR representatives were here the week of Satellite 2014 March 10-14 to size up what for the organization is a new industry.
"This is absolutely" a major development for ILS, Slack said. "There have been bids we have lost in the past wh ere I knew we were 20 percent cheaper than the competition but we were not selected because a competitor had an [export credit agency] loan that made the financial package superior for the [satellite owner] customer."
The U.S. Export-Import Bank and Coface, along with China's export credit agency, have been active in backing bids by their domestic rocket and satellite industry in recent years.
The failure of the Russian Proton rocket in July 2013, the latest of several tied to basic manufacturing-quality oversights in recent years, has led to an increase in insurance premiums demanded of customers of ILS launches.
With a clean record since then and six consecutive launch successes for Proton, insurance premiums for ILS Proton missions have nudged down and should be in the vicinity of the rates obtained by Europe's Ariane 5 heavy-lift rocket by the end of this year, Slack said.
Proton typically launches 10 times per year, with ILS and the Russian government dividing the manifest.
ILS and Arianespace both say that an unusually large number of relatively light satellites will be the subject of launch bids in 2014. These would be suited for the lower position on the Ariane 5.
To meet the demand of what Slack said is a durably growing market for smaller satellites, ILS and Russian satellite builder ISS Reshetnev on March 10 announced an arrangement to make it easier for non-Russian satellites to be paired with a Reshetnev spacecraft for a dual launch on Proton.
The pairing is intended to capture part of the market for all-electric satellites, which are generally much lighter than satellites of equivalent power and payload capacity using conventional chemical propellant.
Depending on the weight of the satellite, Slack said, ILS is positioning Proton as able to deliver an all-electric satellite much closer to its final position in geostationary orbit 36,000 kilometers over the equator than the competition.
One of the drawbacks of electric-powered satellites is that once dropped off in transfer orbit, their low-thrust propulsion systems take up to eight months to deliver the satellite into final operating orbit, rather than a week typically required of satellites with chemical propellant.
 
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LL пишет:

Ой, Пааайшер. За что же его
отротировали в очередной раз?
Алкоголизм, наверное...

Пайшер в алкоголизме не замечен, сколько его к этому не склоняли

[Salo]

http://spacenews.com/article/launch-report/41480struggling-ils-shedding-25-percent-of-staff

Struggling ILS Shedding 25 Percent of Staff
By Peter B. de Selding | Aug. 4, 2014


One of the issues adversely affecting ILS is the spate of failures aboard the Proton, all seemingly caused by disparate workforce-quality issues. Credit: ILS photo

PONTE VEDRA, Florida — Commercial launch provider International Launch Services on Aug. 4 said it was cutting staff by 25 percent as it lowers its forecasted launch rate of Russian Proton rockets to three to four per year from seven to eight missions previously planned.

Reston, Virginia-based ILS has been suffering from three unrelated issues that have put pressure on its business.

The first is the spate of failures aboard the venerable Proton vehicle, all seemingly caused by disparate workforce-quality issues. These failures have occurred on Russian government missions but have nonetheless affected ILS, in large part by grounding the Proton.

The second is the rising tension between Russia and the West about Russia's involvement in Ukraine. While this issue and the related Western sanctions against Russia have not yet forced ILS customers to cancel their launch plans, it has made it more difficult for ILS to regain traction in the market as it rebounds from the launch anomalies.

The third issue is what is likely a temporary market phenomenon. So far in 2014, the commercial satellites ordered have been mainly at the lighter end of the market for geostationary-orbiting telecommunications spacecraft. This follows a couple of years in which heavier satellites dominated.

Commercial Proton rockets are typically used to launch heavier satellites one at a time. The market's move to lighter spacecraft has benefited Space Exploration Technologies Corp. of Hawthorne, California, whose Falcon 9 rocket has accumulated commercial orders; and also benefited Arianespace, whose Ariane 5 heavy-lift vehicle's lower position is reserved for smaller satellites.

Ariane 5's upper berth, for heavier satellites, has been Proton's direct competitor in the commercial market.

"Staffing at ILS is now at a level that is consistent with our near-term business," ILS President Phil Slack said of the layoffs in a statement. "Our customers will continue to be well-supported. Previous staffing was consistent with planning for 7-8 launches per year. We are now targeting 3-4 missions annually. If it is determined that we need to ramp up our existing staff to accommodate additional missions in the future, we will be able to accomplish this in a relatively rapid manner."

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[Петр Зайцев]

Непонятно, увольнения на четверть будут среди офисного планктона на балансе ILS, или среди тех, кто делает ракеты тоже?

[ZOOR]

А что, на балансе ILS есть хоть один человек, крутящий гайки?
http://ria.ru/space/20140804/1018804129.html

ВАШИНГТОН, 4 авг — РИА Новости. Американская фирма International Launch Services (ILS), имеющая эксклюзивные права на запуск в США ракет-носителей "Протон" и разгонных блоков "Бриз-М", сообщила в понедельник о сокращении четверти работников из-за планирующегося двукратного уменьшения числа запусков.
"Теперь число работников в ILS соответствует нашим краткосрочным бизнес-планам, которые потребовали от нас сократить рабочую силу на 25%", — заявил в сообщении президент компании Фил Слэк. По его словам, раньше компания осуществляла 7-8 запусков в год. "Теперь мы нацелены на 3-4 запуска ежегодно", — уточнил Слэк.

[Александр Ч.]

ВАШИНГТОН, 4 авг — РИА Новости. Американская фирма International Launch Services (ILS), имеющая эксклюзивные права на запуск в США ракет-носителей "Протон" и разгонных блоков "Бриз-М"

"Люблю" я журналистов. Интересно из какого места в США Протоны и Бризы пускают  
Или это про то, что Протон должен отработать по своей другой, МБР, "профессии"?