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International Launch Services (ILS), a leading launch services provider for the global commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the BADR-5 satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit today on an ILS Proton for Arabsat of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Arabsat is the largest satellite operator in the Middle East and North Africa and has been ranked the ninth largest satellite operator in the world.
This was the fourth ILS Proton launch and the 6th overall Proton launch this year. The BADR-5 satellite, built by EADS Astrium and Thales Alenia Space, was also the 23nd consecutive successful Proton launch in 23 months.
The ILS Proton Breeze M launched from Pad 39 at the Cosmodrome at 4:00 a.m. today local time (6:00 p.m. EDT, 11:00 p.m. GMT).  After a nine-hour, 13-minute mission, the Breeze M successfully released the BADR-5 satellite, weighing 5420 kg, into geosynchronous transfer orbit.
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BADR-5 had a launch mass of 5,400 kg. It will primarily provide full in-orbit backup capacity for BADR-4 and BADR-6 television services. Complementary missions include supporting the expected boom of HDTV and, thanks to its Ka-band capacity, the development of sophisticated interactive services.

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The Proton rocket with the BADR 5 satellite has successfully launched

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An ILS Proton rocket with the BADR 5 communications satellite is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 22:00 GMT, 3rd June, 2010.

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