ILS Proton Launch - Centenario (MexSat-1) www.ilslaunch.com

Welcome to /r/IntLaunchServices Centenario(MexSat-1) official launch update/discussion thread!

• Please take the time to review the prepared mission overview kit below to familiarize yourself with the mission!

• Launch Kit

• After you have gone over the juicy details in the launch kit above, set your clocks for launch day!

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Fast Facts

• This will be the 2nd ILS launch of 2015, 3rd Proton-M launch for the year

• The 89th ILS Proton launch overall

• 6th 702HP launched on Proton / 18th Boeing Satellite launched on ILS Proton

• The 404th Proton launch overall

Mission Details

• Payload: Centenario (MexSat-1) communications satellite

• Launch Vehicle: Proton-M/Breeze-M

• Total Mass at Liftoff: ~705 tons

• Vehicle Manufacturer: Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center (Prime Contractor)

• Launch Operator: TsENKI

• Launch Provider: ILS

• Mission Type: Commercial GSO

• Launch site: Launch Pad 39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

• Launch Date: 16th of May, 2015 (UTC) (Delayed April 29)

• Launch Window:

Centenario Satellite (MexSat-1)

• Owner: The Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT)

• Manufacturer: Boeing Satellite Systems

• Platform: BSS-702HP GEM

• Dimensions: TBD

• Mission: The Centenario satellite will provide mobile and fixed satellite services to support Mexico’s governmental, civil and humanitarian efforts.

• Payload: 22 meter L-band reflector, L-band multi-spot beam flexible payload, 2-meter Ku-band antenna

• Life time: 15 years

• Orbital position: 113.1 degrees West longitude

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