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International Launch Services, Inc. (ILS) is a joint venture with exclusive rights to the worldwide sale of commercial Angara and Proton rocket launch services. Proton launches take place at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan while Angara is planned to launch from the Plesetsk and Vostochny Cosmodromes in Russia.
Located at 9 degrees East in GEO, Eutelsat 9B will contain 66 Ku-band transponders for European countries. Based on the Eurostar E3000 platform the satellite weights 5175kg and is powered by 2 solar arrays.
Height 53.00 Meters
Max Stages 4
Mass To GTO 4500 kg
Liftoff Thrust 10000 kN
Diameter 7.40 Meters
Mass To LEO 21000 kg
Liftoff Mass 712 Tonnes
Launch Success 62
Consecutive Success 19
Maiden Flight 2001-04-07
Launch Failures 6