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International Space Flight (ESA, Russia, China and others) => Russian Launchers - Soyuz, Progress and Uncrewed => Topic started by: Chris Bergin on 03/10/2014 03:03 pm

Title: ILS evaluating dual launch capability for Proton-M missions
Post by: Chris Bergin on 03/10/2014 03:03 pm

Interesting, so I wrote it up! ;)

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/03/ils-evaluating-dual-launch-capability-proton-m/

Title: Re: ILS evaluating dual launch capability for Proton-M missions
Post by: Galactic Penguin SST on 03/10/2014 03:37 pm

Interesting....so how was the SES-3/KazSat-2 deal done? (I know I know, KazSat-2 isn't built by ISS Reshetnev....)

Title: Re: ILS evaluating dual launch capability for Proton-M missions
Post by: Stan Black on 03/10/2014 04:16 pm

Previous version was to partner with Khrunichev’s Yakhta (Ekspress-MD and Kazsat with Ekspress-AM3); then the next version was two Orbital Star-2 satellites. And then there was the dual Reshetnev partners of Telkom-3 and Yamal-300K; and when they were spilt Luch-5B had to be rebuilt so it could carry Telkom-3.

This is just another version of Yakhta.

http://www.infox.ru/science/universe/2010/11/09/Kazahstan_podportil_.phtml
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=1133.msg678399#msg678399
http://www.ilslaunch.com/newsroom/news-releases/ils-and-iss-reshetnev-announce-proton-dual-launch-agreement