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06/01/2012
June 1, 2012 at 9:23:55 GMT from the platform "Sea Launch" was successfully launched rocket "Zenit-2S» to telecommunications spacecraft (SC) "Intelsat-19."
Zenit-3SL rocket launch
Office of the spacecraft from the booster occurred on schedule at 10:23 Moscow time. Satellite Intelsat-19 displayed on the target orbit.
Intelsat 19 launched successfully
The Zenit-3SL rocket carrying the spacecraft lifted off at 22:23 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) on Thursday, May 31st (05:23 UTC/GMT, Friday, June 1) from the launch platform, positioned at 154 degrees West longitude in the international waters of the Pacific Ocean. One hour later, the Block DM-SL upper stage inserted the satellite, weighing 5,600 kilograms (12,345 lbs.) and built by Space Systems/Loral, into geosynchronous transfer orbit, on its way to a final orbital position at 166 degrees East longitude.
Intelsat 19 launch
Operators at the Intelsat Launch Control Center acquired the spacecraft's first signals from orbit shortly after spacecraft separation. All systems performed nominally throughout the launch mission.
Sea Launch maritime launch-pad
Sea Launch AG, headquartered in Bern, Switzerland, provides strategic end–to–end launch solutions to the industry's satellite operator community based on the Zenit launch system. These services include the provision of all–inclusive launch services as well as schedule assurance, financing, risk management; insurance and creative contracting solutions to meet the changing demands of the commercial launch market. Sea Launch AG owns and manages the primary technology, patent and other intellectual property and tangible assets of the company. These include the launch platform Odyssey and the Sea Launch Commander vessels located in the Home Port facility in Long Beach, California, and the unique know–how associated with launching satellites from an ocean–based launch platform located directly on the equator. Sea Launch AG contracts directly and exclusively with Energia Logistics Ltd. as its technical partner for the delivery and execution of Sea Launch Zenit–3SL launch services. The Sea Launch system offers the most direct and cost-effective route to geostationary orbit for commercial communications satellites, providing diversity of supply, affordability and flexibility for the industry's satellite operators. For more information, please visit the Sea Launch website at: http://www.sea-launch.com.
About Intelsat
Intelsat-19
Intelsat is the leading provider of satellite services worldwide. For over 45 years, Intelsat has been delivering information and entertainment for many of the world's leading media and network companies, multinational corporations, Internet Service Providers and governmental agencies. Intelsat's satellite, teleport and fiber infrastructure is unmatched in the industry, setting the standard for transmissions of video, data and voice services. From the globalization of content and the proliferation of HD, to the expansion of cellular networks and broadband access, with Intelsat, advanced communications anywhere in the world are closer, by far.
Intelsat-19 Spacecraft Launch Ustream link (video): http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/22995213
Sea Launch video (presentation): http://www.myspace.com/orbiter.ch/videos/video/39584920
Announcement of the Russian Federal Space Agency: http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=19154
Images, Video, Text, Credits: Press Service of the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos PAO) / Sea Launch AG / Translation: Orbiter.ch.
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