The European Space Agency says that the launch of the first Ariane 5 booster from Kourou in French Guiana is scheduled for 15 May. Israel's $200 million Amos communications satellite will be launched on an Ariane 4 on 7 May. The first Inmarsat 3 communications satellite will be launched on an ILS International Launch Services Atlas 2A from Cape Canaveral on 1 April. ILS's first Russian Proton launch from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, carrying the Astra 1F satellite, due for 28 March, could be delayed following the Proton launch failure and upper-stage explosion on 19 February.
Source: Flight International