ARABSAT Selects ILS for 2 Proton Launches

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The Proton is Russia's premier launch vehicle, having flown a total of 300 times with Russian government missions and ILS commercial flights.

Riyadh - Oct 22, 2003
The Arab Satellite Communications Organization (ARABSAT) has selected International Launch Services (ILS) of the United States to launch its next two satellites on Proton/Breeze M launch vehicles. Financial details were not disclosed.

EADS Astrium will be the prime contractor for the satellites, ARABSAT 4A and 4B, which are Eurostar 2000+ models. EADS Astrium will oversee the launch activities on behalf of ARABSAT through a delivery-in-orbit contract, EADS Astrium's first contract of this type with ILS. The target launch dates are late 2005 and early 2006.

With the ARABSAT launches, ILS has received orders this year for seven new Proton missions.

ARABSAT Director General Khalid Balkheyour, said, "ILS has demonstrated that it understands what a customer wants - in particular, reliability, on-time service and good cooperation."

"We are pleased that the ARABSAT satellites will be our first launches for the Middle East," said ILS President Mark Albrecht. "We recognize how important it is to a business to ensure that the satellites are in orbit on time, and ILS has proven we can provide that service time and time again."

The Proton is Russia's premier launch vehicle, having flown a total of 300 times with Russian government missions and ILS commercial flights. ILS is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Corp. in the United States, which builds the Atlas launch vehicle; and Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center of Russia, which builds the Proton vehicle.

ARABSAT is dedicated to offering a variety of leading-edge commercial satellite services to meet both current and emerging customer demands in the Arab world. With its headquarters in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ARABSAT was established on April 14, 1976, by the member states of the Arab League.

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