Heavy lauch/lift vehicles

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 2005--An Atlas V launch vehicle carried its largest payload to date into orbit tonight, the Inmarsat 4-F1 satellite that weighs nearly 6 metric tons (5,959 kgs/13,138 pounds). This also marked the third launch of the year for International Launch Services (ILS).