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RE: Intelsat 15 Satellite

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The Land Launch team today successfully completed the launch of the Intelsat 15 communications satellite for Intelsat, Ltd., the worlds leading provider of fixed satellite services. All systems performed as planned.
A Zenit-3SLB vehicle lifted off the from the Land Launch pad at the Baikonur Space Centre in Kazakhstan, at 1:00 pm PST (21:00 GMT), carrying the 2,484 kg (5,477 lbs) Intelsat 15 satellite. About six-and-a-half hours later, the satellite separated from the Block DM-3SLB upper stage, inserting the Intelsat 15 communications satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. A ground station acquired the first signals from orbit shortly before separation.

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Intelsat, Ltd., the worlds leading provider of fixed satellite services, announced today that a Zenit-3SLB vehicle successfully launched the Intelsat 15 satellite (IS-15) from the Land Launch facilities at the Baikonur Space Centre in Kazakhstan. Liftoff occurred at 4:00 p.m. ET, followed by signal acquisition and spacecraft separation about six and a half hours later at 10:28 p.m. ET.

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TLE Data

INTELSAT15
1 36106U 09067A   09334.87879257 -.00000083  00000-0  00000+0 0    26
2 36106 012.0553 036.1912 4370824 359.6330 014.8060 01.72827851    03

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The Zenit-3SLB rocket with Intelsat 15 satellite was successfully launched at 21:00 UTC, 30th November, 2009.

Intelsat 15 Satellite

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-- Edited by Blobrana on Tuesday 1st of December 2009 04:31:25 PM

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The launch of the Intelsat-15 satellite has been scrubbed.

Intelsat 15 spacecraft

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Live streaming video coverage of "Zenit-3SLB" Mission.
Cosmodrome Baikonur.

Start: 22:00 November 29, 2009 (Moscow time, MSK). End: 01:00 November 30, 2009 (Moscow time, MSK).
Launch time: 24:00 November 29, 2009 (Moscow time, MSK).

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-- Edited by Blobrana on Sunday 29th of November 2009 05:39:58 PM

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Preparations are moving forward at the Baikonur Space Centre in Kazakhstan for the fourth Land Launch mission, the first of a satellite for Intelsat, Ltd., the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services. Liftoff on November 29 is planned at 1:00 pm PT (21:00 GMT), for the Intelsat 15 satellite, at the start of a one-hour launch window.
From the Land Launch pad at Area 45, a Zenit-3SLB vehicle will lift the Intelsat 15 spacecraft to geosynchronous transfer orbit, on its way to a final orbital position of 85 degrees East Longitude, replacing the Intelsat 709 spacecraft. Orbital Sciences built the Intelsat 15 spacecraft to provide video and data services for Intelsat's customers operating in the Middle East and Indian Ocean regions as well as in Russia.

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