ILS And SS/L's Easy Breezy...Launch AsiaSat 7 On A Breeze

AsiaSat 7, a new communications satellite of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), was launched at Hong Kong Time 3:10 a.m. on the 26th of November on an International Launch Services (ILS) Proton Breeze M launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. This was the fifth commercial mission of the year for ILS and the eighth Proton launch so far this year. A follow up report indicates that 9 hours and 13 minutes after liftoff, AsiaSat 7 successfully separated from the launch vehicle weighing over 3.8 metric tons, into the planned geostationary transfer orbit. More

(Source: SatNews Publishers - Nov 28)