The International Launch Services Proton rocket will launch the SES-3 satellite in 2011, under a new contract.
The SES-3 satellite is the third of SES’s satellites to be procured from Orbital Sciences. It will replace an existing satellite over the Americas.
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The Proton launch vehicle will insert the 3t satellite into geostationary transfer orbit.
The SES satellite will travel with Kazaksat-2 in the same launch vehicle.
The Proton vehicle is heavy-lift Russian launcher, built by Khrunichev, a majority owner of ILS.
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