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Proton Medium, International Launch Services’ answer to Falcon 9, put on “indefinite hold”

by Caleb Henry — August 30, 2018

Russia has suspended development of the Proton Medium rocket that U.S.-based International Launch Services (ILS) began marketing two years ago as its answer to SpaceX’s Falcon 9.

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ILS says Proton Medium will compete head to head with Falcon 9

by Caleb Henry — October 12, 2017

International Launch Services expects its new, scaled-down variant of Proton-M to be a more direct competitor with SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket than the current heavy-lift version ILS has used for decades.

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The Angara 1.2 launch vehicle being lifted during pad verticalization at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in 2014. Credit: International Launch Services

ILS wins contract for Angara launch of South Korea’s Kompsat-6

by Jeff Foust — August 2, 2016

Tuesday's briefing begins with ILS being chosen to launch Korea's Kompsat-6 satellite on an Angara 1.2 rocket.

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ILS Now Marketing Small Angara Variant

by Peter B. de Selding — July 17, 2015

ILS has begun marketing Russia’s new Angara rocket, adding the light-lift Angara 1.2 to its commercial portfolio for launches starting in 2017.

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Russia Aims To Retire Proton in 2025 as Angara Takes Over

by Warren Ferster — March 17, 2015

Russia plans to retire its Proton rocket, a heavy-lift workhorse with 50 years and 400 successful missions under its belt, in 2025, some four years after its replacement becomes operational.

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