ILS launch double

1999-02-24T00:00:00

The US-Russian ILS International Launch Services joint venture completed a unique double on 16 February by launching the Japanese JCSat 6 communications satellite (pictured) on an Atlas 2AS booster departing from Cape Canaveral. This followed the commercial launch from Baikonur on 15 February of a Proton K, carrying Loral Skynet's ...

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