ILS Proton Successfully Launches ViaSat-1 for ViaSat
International Launch Services successfully carried the ViaSat-1 satellite into orbit on an ILS Proton for ViaSat, Inc. of Carlsbad, CA.
The ILS Proton Breeze M launched from Pad 39 at the Cosmodrome at 12:48 a.m. local time (2:48 p.m. EST, 18:48 GMT on October 19). After a 9 hour, 12-minute mission, the Breeze M successfully released the ViaSat-1 satellite into geostationary transfer orbit.