Sea Launch Zenit-3SL lofts Intelsat 21
August 19th, 2012 by
Rocket: Zenit-3SL; Payload: Intelsat 21/Block DM-SL; Date: 19 August 2012, 0655 UTC; Launch site: Odyssey Launch Platform, positioned on the equator at 154 degrees West longitude in the Pacific Ocean. Thirty minutes after lift-off, the Block DM-SL upper stage inserted the 5,982-kg satellite, built by Boeing Satellite Systems Inc., into geosynchronous transfer orbit, on its way to a final orbital position at 58 degrees West.Other Posts:Boeing sets up commercial satellite services groupISS contract extension for MDAPortugal Telecom selects Gilat’s SkyEdge100th Chang Zheng lofts Sinosat 3First Galileo test satellite launched four years agoEstablishing a New Cable TV Company For New EntrepreneursRapidEye launch resultsSentinel mission control taking shape
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