BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan, April 24, 2010 – International Launch Services (ILS), a leading launch services provider for the global commercial satellite industry, successfully launched the SES-1 satellite for SES WORLD SKIES. The ILS Proton Breeze M launched from Pad 39 at the Cosmodrome at 5:19 p.m. today local time (7:19 a.m. EDT, 11:19 GMT).  After an eight-hour, 58-minute mission, the Breeze M successfully released the SES-1 satellite directly into geostationary orbit.

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