Posts Tagged ‘Zenit’

Zenit-3SLB launches repaired MEASAT-3a into orbit

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

Sea Launch have successfully launched their Zenit-3SLB launch vehicle, carrying the MEASAT-3a telecommunication satellite. The Land Launch branch of the multi-national company lofted the Orbital Sciences built satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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Sea Launch Zenit-3SL lifts off with Italy’s SICRAL 1A

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Sea Launch were in action early this morning, with the launch of SICRAL 1A – an Italian military communications satellite. Liftoff was at the opening of a 57-minute window, at 1:16am PDT (08:16 GMT), from the Odyssey Launch Platform out in the Pacific Ocean.

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Published in Commercial