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BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan, Dec. 10, 2008 – International Launch Services (ILS), a world leader in providing mission and launch services to the commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the Ciel II satellite into space for the Ciel Satellite Group of Canada today on Russia’s premier heavy-lift launch vehicle, the Proton Breeze M.
This was the sixth launch of the year, and 49th overall, for ILS. It is the 340th launch for the Proton system since its inception. The Proton Breeze M vehicle is built by Khrunichev Space Center of Moscow.
The Proton vehicle lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 7:43 p.m. local time (8:43 a.m. EST, 13:43 GMT). The launch vehicle carried the 5 1/2-ton satellite for 9 hours and 12 minutes, releasing it into geosynchronous transfer orbit. Ciel II is a Spacebus 4000 model built by Thales Alenia Space. The satellite will ultimately be moved to 129 degrees West longitude, where it will deliver digital television services to Canada and the contiguous United States.
Frank McKenna, President of International Launch Services, said, “I would like to thank Ciel and SES for placing their confidence and trust in ILS and the Proton Breeze M. We entered into this launch contract in February of last year and set the launch for December 2008; this supports ILS’s long-standing commitment to precise, on-time delivery for our customers. Ciel II is the 16th satellite that ILS has launched for the SES family, a successful, on-going collaboration that spans more than a dozen years.”
Brian Neill, chairman of the Ciel Satellite Group, said, “Last evening’s launch of Ciel II is a keystone event in the foundation of Ciel, Canada’s newest satellite operating company. Now that the spacecraft has delivered an initial signal, Ciel, our founders, investors, and our customer, Dish Network, can look forward to Ciel II’s operation early next year.” He continued, “The successful launch of Ciel II is the culmination of a complex and highly specialized sequence of tasks that fully exercised a remarkable team of experts from SES AMERICOM, Thales Alenia Space, SES Engineering, and ILS -- from beginning to end, the mission took 33 months. Let me thank them now for a job well done!”
ILS has exclusive rights to market the Proton, Russia’s premier heavy-lift vehicle, to commercial satellite operators worldwide. ILS is a U.S. company located in Reston, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. The majority owner is Khrunichev Space Center, one of the cornerstones of the Russian space industry and manufacturer of the Proton system. For more information, visit International Launch Services.
BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan, Dec. 10, 2008 – International Launch Services (ILS), a world leader in providing mission and launch services to the commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the Ciel II satellite into space for the Ciel Satellite Group of Canada today on Russia’s premier heavy-lift launch vehicle, the Proton Breeze M.
This was the sixth launch of the year, and 49th overall, for ILS. It is the 340th launch for the Proton system since its inception. The Proton Breeze M vehicle is built by Khrunichev Space Center of Moscow.
The Proton vehicle lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 7:43 p.m. local time (8:43 a.m. EST, 13:43 GMT). The launch vehicle carried the 5 1/2-ton satellite for 9 hours and 12 minutes, releasing it into geosynchronous transfer orbit. Ciel II is a Spacebus 4000 model built by Thales Alenia Space. The satellite will ultimately be moved to 129 degrees West longitude, where it will deliver digital television services to Canada and the contiguous United States.
Frank McKenna, President of International Launch Services, said, “I would like to thank Ciel and SES for placing their confidence and trust in ILS and the Proton Breeze M. We entered into this launch contract in February of last year and set the launch for December 2008; this supports ILS’s long-standing commitment to precise, on-time delivery for our customers. Ciel II is the 16th satellite that ILS has launched for the SES family, a successful, on-going collaboration that spans more than a dozen years.”
Brian Neill, chairman of the Ciel Satellite Group, said, “Last evening’s launch of Ciel II is a keystone event in the foundation of Ciel, Canada’s newest satellite operating company. Now that the spacecraft has delivered an initial signal, Ciel, our founders, investors, and our customer, Dish Network, can look forward to Ciel II’s operation early next year.” He continued, “The successful launch of Ciel II is the culmination of a complex and highly specialized sequence of tasks that fully exercised a remarkable team of experts from SES AMERICOM, Thales Alenia Space, SES Engineering, and ILS -- from beginning to end, the mission took 33 months. Let me thank them now for a job well done!”
ILS has exclusive rights to market the Proton, Russia’s premier heavy-lift vehicle, to commercial satellite operators worldwide. ILS is a U.S. company located in Reston, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. The majority owner is Khrunichev Space Center, one of the cornerstones of the Russian space industry and manufacturer of the Proton system. For more information, visit International Launch Services.
Sounds great.
"early next year"
I'm sure it takes a while to get these things all calibrated and humming.
Mike
"early next year"
I'm sure it takes a while to get these things all calibrated and humming.
Mike
Does E* have any say in the testing? If so like the last time, the whole thing can be done and ready in three hours
Does E* have any say in the testing? If so like the last time, the whole thing can be done and ready in three hours
The insurance company has the most say in the testing !
Dish Network has applied to the FCC to move EchoStar 5 from 129 on January 15th, so it seems likely that Ciel-2 will be online about a week before that.
It's going to take 7 to 10 days for Ciel-2 to make it to 138W. It's a little early to be searching for signals.I think it is time for Digiblur and JohnH to point a dish at 138w right now (perhaps by using a Dish 1000 to hit 129 and 148, with 138 in the middle) and have the scans going every 30 seconds
It's going to take 7 to 10 days for Ciel-2 to make it to 138W. It's a little early to be searching for signals.
It's never to early
anyone know how long it'll take for Ciel-II to show up on this site: LIVE REAL TIME SATELLITE AND SPACE SHUTTLE TRACKING
I'd guess next week or maybe even this weekend. The first TLE should be out soon, but it will probably be a bit before his DB is updated.
heavens-above.com might have it sooner, listed as "Object A" or "Object B" as it won;t match it up to it's name so early Keep checking the bottom of list for 2008 ("select a satellite from the database") and look for objects launched Dec 10th.
Remember, none of the sites have actual real time tracking. They all use Two Line Elements to estimate the present location of the sat.
So long as we don't get all the posts telling us it is crashing to earth as it approached it's perigee )before it gets to GEO), or everyone telling us that it has blown by 138 or 129 when we are going off an old TLE.
Limping to a synchronous, but inclined, orbit. It will not be used for US DTH TV. Link: AMC-14 - Orbit Data
IIRC, the Defense Department bought it from the insurance company for peanuts...
I don't believe the United States federal gov't is capable of buying anything for "peanuts". Now, if you told me they bought some peanuts for the cost of a geostationary satellite... *that* I would believe.
My bet: Use the phased array to reshape the footprint. Satellite TV for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The insurance company has the most say in the testing !
Dish Network has applied to the FCC to move EchoStar 5 from 129 on January 15th, so it seems likely that Ciel-2 will be online about a week before that.
How can Ciel II come alive a week after E5 is move to 148? What will they use to broadcast from that location?
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