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RE: SES 1 Satellite

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SES WORLD SKIES, a division of SES S.A., today announced that the SES-1 satellite successfully roared into space on board a Proton Breeze M booster from the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 24 at 17:19 p.m. local time (13:19 CET). Eight hours and 58 minutes after lift-off the spacecraft separated from the Breeze M upper stage and was placed into geostationary orbit. Initial signals from SES-1 were received at a control station in Perth, Australia.
SES-1 was manufactured by Orbital Sciences Corporation, with launch services on board Proton provided by International Launch Services (ILS). The spacecraft is poised to be the 42nd satellite in SES' global fleet.
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International Launch Services (ILS), a leading launch services provider for the global commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the SES-1 satellite directly into geostationary orbit today on an ILS Proton for SES WORLD SKIES, an SES company. This was the third ILS Proton launch and the fifth overall Proton launch this year. The SES-1 satellite was also the 22nd consecutive successful Proton launch in 21 months.
The ILS Proton Breeze M launched from Pad 39 at the Cosmodrome at 5:19 p.m. today local time (7:19 a.m. EDT, 11:19 GMT). After an eight-hour, 58-minute mission, the Breeze M successfully released the SES-1 satellite directly into geostationary orbit.
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The rocket blasted off from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan at 11.19 GMT. The satellite was due to separate from the carrier rocket at around 20.19 GMT.
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ILS Proton-M rocket Blast Off with SES-1 Satellite

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TLE Data

SES1
1 36518U 10016C   10114.64046384 -.00000316  00000-0  00000+0 0    17
2 36518 046.1776 031.2280 7068630 359.9720 014.4204 02.40570095    04

Blobrana · L

The SES 1 Satellite atop a Proton-M carrier rocket was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
The satellite entered orbit after a nine-hour flight.

Blobrana · L

An ILS Proton-M rocket with a Breeze M upper stage is scheduled to launch the SES 1 (AMC-4R) telecommunications spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 15:19 MST (11:19 GMT), 24th April, 2010.
The telecommunications satellite will operate from the 101° West orbital slot.

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