ILS to launch Sirius, S2M satellites
Posted: Sat, Mar 1, 2008, 3:46 PM ET (2046 GMT)
International Launch Services announced this week that it had won contracts to launch two spacecraft for Sirius Satellite Radio as well as one for a new Middle Eastern operator. ILS announced Friday that Sirius had awarded the launch services company contracts for two launches, one of which will be used for the Sirius FM-6 satellite in the fourth quarter of 2010 on a Proton M. The satellite will be placed in a highly elliptical orbit similar to those used by the three Sirius satellites currently in operation. Sirius also purchased a second launch, but has not identified a payload for that mission. Earlier in the week ILS announced that S2M. a new mobile TV company based in Dubai, will launch its first satellite on a Proton M. No launch date was announced for the S2M satellite.
International Launch Services announced this week that it had won contracts to launch two spacecraft for Sirius Satellite Radio as well as one for a new Middle Eastern operator. ILS announced Friday that Sirius had awarded the launch services company contracts for two launches, one of which will be used for the Sirius FM-6 satellite in the fourth quarter of 2010 on a Proton M. The satellite will be placed in a highly elliptical orbit similar to those used by the three Sirius satellites currently in operation. Sirius also purchased a second launch, but has not identified a payload for that mission. Earlier in the week ILS announced that S2M. a new mobile TV company based in Dubai, will launch its first satellite on a Proton M. No launch date was announced for the S2M satellite.
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