ILS is owned by Space Transport Inc., Khrunichev State Research and Production Center, and RSC Energia. Last year was the joint venture's first as an independent company marketing the Proton Breeze-M vehicle.
The company said the deals represent "contracts for 17 launches of Proton, Russia's premier heavy-lift launcher, through 2013." ILS has exclusive rights to market the Proton vehicle worldwide to commercial satellite operators. Khrunichev, one of the cornerstones of the Russian space industry, manufactures the Proton.
ILS President Frank McKenna said: "We also introduced our Enhanced Proton, with excellent results. With a lift capability of greater than 6 metric tons, the Enhanced Proton is robust enough for the larger, more complex satellites our customers are building for such new services as HDTV and mobile entertainment."
Proton rockets are launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
ILS is incorporated in Delaware in the United States, and is headquartered in McLean, Va., a suburb of Washington, D.C.
