Telstar 18

Overview

Destination: Geostationary Orbit
Mission: Communications

Geostationary Orbit Launch Platform Odyssey Sea Launch

Telstar 18, launched June 28, 2004 aboard a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket, has successfully reached its in-orbit testing position at 142 degrees East longitude. During the satellite's launch, the Zenit rocket's upper stage shut down 54 seconds early and released the satellite into a low orbit. After the launch, engineers at Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) raised the spacecraft to its correct orbit using a series of carefully planned satellite maneuvers and thruster burns.

Zenit

Family:
Configuration: 3SL

Specifications
  • Stages
    1
  • Length
    4.6 m
  • Diameter
    0.42 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
  • Thrust
    45.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Zenit
  • Family
  • Variant
    3SL
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Zenit 3SL
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Sea Launch

Sea Launch

(SL)

Successes: 40 Failures: 3 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

INFO WIKI

Sea Launch

Launch Platform Odyssey


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1 day ago
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1 day, 12 hours ago
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Falcon 9
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4 days, 12 hours ago
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Success
5 days, 4 hours ago
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Long March 6
Success
5 days, 14 hours ago
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Long March 2D
Success
6 days, 20 hours ago
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Success
1 week ago
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