Apr 11 2003
From The Space Library
International Launch Services (ILS) successfully launched the Boeing-built AsiaSat 4 satellite aboard a Lockheed Martin-built Atlas 3 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, marking 64 consecutive successful launches for the Atlas rocket over 10 years. The mission was ILS's third launch for AsiaSat, the dominant satellite operator in its region. Boeing Satellite Systems had designed the AsiaSat 4 craft, a high-power 601HP spacecraft, to provide 15 years of direct-to-home communications and broadband services to customers in Asia and Australia. (Lockheed Martin, “Atlas III Launch of Asiasat 4 Successful in 1st ILS Mission of 2003,” news release, 11 April 2003, http://www.lockheedmartin.com/news/press_releases/2003/AtlasILaunchOfAsiaSat4SuccessfulI.html (accessed 19 September 2008); The Boeing Company, “Boeing-Built AsiaSat 4 Communication Satellite Successfully Launched,” news release, http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/ 2003/q2/nr_030411t.html (accessed 19 September 2008).
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