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ILS PROTON SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES XM-5 SATELLITE

International Launch Services (ILS), a world leader in providing mission and launch services to the commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the XM-5 satellite into orbit today on an ILS Proton for SIRIUS XM Radio, America's satellite radio company. This was the 6th commercial mission of the year for ILS and the 9th successful Proton launch of 2010.  This is the 5th ILS Proton launch for SIRIUS XM Radio beginning with the first launch in 2000.
The ILS Proton Breeze M launched from Pad 24 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 12:53 a.m. today local time (2:53 p.m. EDT, 18:53 GMT).  After a 9 hour 12 minute mission, the Breeze M successfully released the XM-5 satellite, weighing over 5.9 metric tons, into geostationary transfer orbit.  This was the 360th launch for Proton since its inaugural flight in 1965, and the 62nd ILS Proton launch overall. The Proton Breeze M launch vehicle was developed and built by Khrunichev Research and Production Space Centre of Moscow, one of the pillars of the Russian space industry and the majority shareholder in ILS.

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ILS has successfully launched the Proton-M launch vehicle with the SIRIUS XM-5 satellite on schedule at 18:53 GMT, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.



We have had confirmation that the satellite separated from the vehicle on schedule at 12:05 a.m. EDT, or 04:05 UTC, 9 hours and 12 minutes after liftoff.
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An ILS Proton rocket is scheduled to launch the Sirius XM 5  satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 18:53 GMT, 14th October, 2010.

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