According to the in-orbit delivery contract signed in early 2011, Mitsubishi Electric (MELCO) of Japan is in charge of the construction of the satellite's base Spacebus MELCO DS2000, and the American-Russian joint-venture company International Launch Services (ILS) will provide the launch of the spacecraft atop a Russian Proton-M space launch vehicle from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan scheduled in late 2014.