Thuraya 3

Overview

Destination: Geostationary Orbit
Mission: Communications

Geostationary Orbit Launch Platform Odyssey Sea Launch

Emirati geostationary communications satellite

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

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