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Sea Launch Company today successfully delivered the Intelsat Americas-8 (IA-8) communications satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit. Early data indicate the spacecraft is in excellent condition.

A Zenit-3SL vehicle lifted off at 14:03 GMT (7:03 am PDT ), from the Odyssey Launch Platform, positioned at 154 degrees West Longitude.
All systems performed nominally throughout the flight. The Block DM-SL upper stage inserted the 5,500 kg (12,125 lbs.) satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit, on its way to a final orbital position of 89 degrees West Longitude.
A ground station in Fucino, Italy, acquired the spacecraft’s first signal less than an hour after lift-off, as planned.

This mission is Sea Launch’s fifth launch for Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), the spacecraft’s manufacturer, and the first for Intelsat.
The IA-8 satellite is designed to provide expanded coverage over the Americas, the Caribbean, Hawaii and Alaska with voice, video and data transmission and distribution services.
SS/L’s 1300 bus carries 28 C-band and 36 Ku-band transponders, as well as 24 Ka-band spot beams and has a total end-of-life power of 16 Kw. IA-8 is the fifth Intelsat satellite in the North American arc and the 28 th satellite in Intelsat’s global fleet.

Following acquisition of the spacecraft’s signal, Jim Maser, president and general manager of Sea Launch, congratulated Space Systems/Loral and Intelsat.

“We are thrilled to welcome Intelsat into our growing family of satisfied customers. We look forward to future missions with Intelsat as well as with our long-time colleagues at Space Systems/Loral.
The Sea Launch team has successfully met our commitments once again and I want to personally thank them for their unwavering commitment and hard work.”

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The satellite signal has been acquired by the Fucino ground tracking station in Italy.
Sea Launch says the ascent has been a complete success.


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The Sea Launch Zenit 3SL rocket carrying the Intelsat Americas 8 spacecraft has Launched....


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The transporter/erector arm has retracted from the rocket.
The arm was used to roll the rocket out of the environmentally-controlled hangar atop the Odyssey platform and lift the rocket upright.
Fuelling operations have been completed aboard the Odyssey platform.
Over the past couple of hours, the rocket was loaded propellant.

The Zenit launch vehicle is a co-production of a Russian company, Yuzhnoye, and Ukraine's Yuzhmashzavod. Its booster has been designed, and is mass-produced by Russia's Energia Inc., in association with several other companies.
The Zenit rocket, provided with a fully automated launch system, is easy to operate. It is propelled by cryogenic liquid oxygen and kerosene, mixed with water and carbonic acid.

The platform was cleared of all workers prior to this hazardous activity; with all personnel moved to the Sea Launch Commander ship safely positioned about three miles away.


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Sea Launch live coverage:


Sea Launch is currently preparing for the launch of the Intelsat Americas™-8 communications satellite on June 23 at 14:03:00 GMT ( 7:03am PDT).





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The Sea Launch team has initiated a 72-hour countdown in preparation for the launch of the Intelsat Americas(TM)-8 (IA-8) satellite on Thursday, June 23, at the opening of a two- hour launch window at 12:58:00 GMT.

All systems are proceeding on schedule.

With launch site operations now underway at 154 degrees West Longitude on the Equator, the Odyssey Launch Platform is ballasted to its launch depth and stationed alongside the Sea Launch Commander (Assembly and Command Ship), periodically connected by a link-bridge that enables foot traffic between the two vessels.



A Zenit-3SL rocket will be rolled out of its environmentally protected hangar and automatically erected on the launch pad at L-27 hours.

The platform will be evacuated, with all personnel safely stationed on the ship, three miles up range from the platform, for the remainder of launch operations.
On launch day, the rocket will lift the 5,500 kg IA-8 satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO), on its way to a final orbital position of 89 degrees West Longitude.

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The Odyssey Launch Platform and the Sea Launch Commander have departed Sea Launch Home Port for Sea Launch`s third mission of the year.
The Sea Launch team is preparing to launch the Intelsat Americas-8 (IA-8) tri-band communications satellite, on June 23, at the opening of a two-hour launch window, at 12:58:00 GMT.



The Sea Launch vessels are en route from Long Beach, California, US, to the launch site at 154 degrees West Longitude. Upon arrival, the launch team will initiate a 72-hour countdown, ballasting the Launch Platform to launch depth, and performing final tests on the launch system and the spacecraft.
A Zenit-3SL vehicle will lift the 5,500 kg IA-8 satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO), on its way to a final orbital position of 89 degrees West Longitude.
The Space Systems/Loral-built IA-8 satellite is designed to provide expanded coverage over the Americas, the Caribbean, Hawaii and Alaska during its 15-year service life.
IA-8 will host voice, video and data transmission and distribution services. It carries 28 C-band and 36 Ku-band transponders, as well as 24 Ka-band spot beams.
Built on Space System/Loral`s highly reliable 1300 bus, the spacecraft is one of the most powerful satellites ever built, with total end-of-life power of 16 Kw.
IA-8 will be the fifth Intelsat satellite in the North American arc and the 28th satellite in Intelsats global fleet.
This mission is Sea Launch`s fifth launch for Loral and the first for Intelsat.

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-- Edited by Blobrana at 17:45, 2005-06-20

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