Proton Successfully Launches EUTELSAT 5 West B / Mission Extension Vehicle-1 Satellites
October 9, 2019 – International Launch Services (ILS) has successfully inserted the EUTELSAT 5 West B and the Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1) satellites into their planned Supersynchronous Transfer Orbits (SSTO) for Eutelsat of Paris, France, and SpaceLogistics LLC of Dulles, Virginia. It is the eighth Eutelsat satellite launched on an ILS Proton and the first…