International Launch Services (ILS) is a launch service provider that offers access to space for global satellite operators. They provide services and support from mission management to on-orbit delivery, and have exclusive rights to market the Proton and Angara launch vehicles commercially. ILS partners with Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center and serves commercial and governmental customers for LEO and SSO missions. The company's services are used by global satellite operators, including KARI, and they have launched over 400 missions with customers in 22 countries.
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Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems is preparing to launch MEV-1, its first Mission Extension Vehicle, 2019 on an International Launch Services Proton rocket.
AsiaSat replaced AsiaSat-4 in its own fleet with AsiaSat-9, which launched in 2017 on an International Launch Services Proton.
Viasat used the same procurement style for ViaSat-1, which launched in 2011 on an International Launch Services Proton, and for ViaSat-2, which launched on an Ariane 5.
International Launch Services has KARI’s Kompsat-6 radar satellite scheduled to launch on a Russian Angara 1.2 rocket in 2020.
Kirk Pysher, president of International Launch Services, indicated that a focus solely on GEO missions could be detrimental.
International Launch Services lost business to European and American launch providers due to Proton's launch troubles.
International Launch Services holds about $1,000,000,000 in Proton launches on order.
In 2016, International Launch Services signed an Angara launch contract with the Korean Aerospace Research Institute for a launch sometime in 2020.