Tonmorow morning (9-24), Sea Launch is scheduled to launch Galaxy 19
satellite for Intelsat, on a Zenit-3SL rocket from the Odyssey Launch
Platform positioned on the equator in the Pacific Ocean.

Launch window opens at 5:28 a.m. EDT.

Spacecraft separation around 1 hour 8 minutes after lift off over the
west coast of Africa.


Galaxy 19, built by Space Systems/Loral, is a 1300-series hybrid
spacecraft with a total of 52 physical transponders and will replace
Galaxy 25 (telstar 5) at 97 degrees.

Broadcast coverage:

Galaxy 17 @ 91 degrees West, transponder 19 Ku band (12066 Horizontal)
DVB 4:2:0, SR: 61113

Test signals start at 4:45 a.m. EDT.
Broadcast starts at 5:15 a.m. EDT.


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/
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/next_launch.html
http://www.sea-launch.com/current_launch.html
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