Sunday morning (11-18), Sea Launch returning since the last launch that
resulted in the rocket exploding on the pad earlier this year is
schduled to launch Thuraya-3 mobile communications satellite for Thuraya
Satellite Telecommunications Company, based in the United Arab Emirates
on a Zenit-3SL rocket from the Odyssey Launch Platform positioned on the
equator in the Pacific Ocean.

Launch window opens at 10:37 a.m. EST.

Spacecraft separation around 1 hour 38 minutes after lift off over the
Pacific Ocean, north of New Zealand.


Broadcast coverage:

Galaxy 10R @ 123 degrees West, transponder 24 Ku band upper (12189
Horizontal) DVB 4:2:0, SR: 13.021276

Test signals start at 9:15 a.m. EST.
Broadcast starts at 10:25 a.m. EST.


Don't have a dish, a webcast of launch is available at:

http://www.sea-launch.com/current_index_webcast.html

Additional coverage at:

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/sealaunch/thuraya3/status.html
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/next_launch.html
http://www.sea-launch.com/current_launch.html



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