ILS Launches EchoStar XVI Satellite

International Launch Services (ILS), a leading launch services provider for the global commercial satellite industry, successfully delivered the EchoStar XVI satellite into orbit today on an ILS Proton for EchoStar Corporation

. EchoStar is a leading global service provider of satellite operations and video delivery solutions headquartered in Englewood, Colorado. ILS Proton successfully launched the EchoStar 16 satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on November 21, 2012. (Photo: Business Wire) The ILS Proton launched from Pad 39 within the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 00:31 local time today (November 20, 14:31 EST; 18:31 GMT). The ILS Proton vehicle which consists of three stages, used a standard ascent profile to place the orbital unit (Breeze M upper stage and the EchoStar