ILS to launch DirecTV satellite
Posted: Wed, Jul 14, 2004, 12:35 AM ET (0435 GMT)
International Launch Services announced Tuesday that it has won a contract to launch a DirecTV satellite on a Proton. ILS reported that the DirecTV Group has signed a contract to launch the DirecTV 8 satellite, a Space Systems/Loral 1300 model, on a Proton M launch vehicle in the spring 2005. Terms of the contract were not announced. The launch contract is the ninth announced by ILS so far in 2004.
International Launch Services announced Tuesday that it has won a contract to launch a DirecTV satellite on a Proton. ILS reported that the DirecTV Group has signed a contract to launch the DirecTV 8 satellite, a Space Systems/Loral 1300 model, on a Proton M launch vehicle in the spring 2005. Terms of the contract were not announced. The launch contract is the ninth announced by ILS so far in 2004.
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