LOCKHEED MARTIN-BUILT AMC-15 SATELLITE LAUNCHED SUCCESSFULLY FROM BAIKONUR (Lockheed Martin) - Press

[SatelliteGuys Reporter]

PRESSI.COM 10 15 2004 The AMC-15 telecommunications satellite designed and built by Lockheed Martin NYSE LMT for SES AMERICOM was successfully launched today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Liftoff occurred Oct. 14 at 5 23 p.m. EDT aboard a Proton rocket provided by International Launch Services ILS . Initial contact with the satellite was confirmed at 2 52 a.m.

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