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Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Russia’s space industry has suffered yet another blow after a Zenit-3SL launch vehicle failed to deliver a US telecommunications satellite into orbit last night. The rocket, operated from a floating launch pad south of the Hawaiian Islands, failed 40 seconds after lift-off at 06:59 GMT and plunged back into the Pacific Ocean. The Russian rocket was carrying the Intelsat-27 telecommunications satellite, which was built by Boeing...

PALO ALTO, California and BERN, Switzerland, Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Space Systems/Loral (SSL) and Sea Launch AG (Sea Launch) today announced that the Independent Oversight Board (IOB) formed to investigate the solar array deployment anomaly on a satellite launched in the spring of 2012 has successfully reached a unanimous conclusion. The IOB, which was comprised of three highly regarded industry experts, worked with a comprehensive team of engineers from both SSL and Sea...

PARIS, December 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) announces that its EUTELSAT 70B satellite has been successfully delivered into orbit by a Zenit-3SL rocket operated by Sea Launch AG from the ocean-based Odyssey Launch Platform in international waters of the Pacific Ocean. Lift-off of the rocket carrying the 5.2 tonne satellite took place on Monday 3 December at 20.44 GMT/UTC. After a 1-hour 6-minute flight, the Zenit-3SL booster...

BERN, Switzerland, Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Sea Launch AG has successfully launched the EUTELSAT-70B satellite from the Equator on the ocean-based Launch Platform Odyssey, completing its 2(nd) mission for Eutelsat and marking the completion of Sea Launch's third and final mission in 2012. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121203/CG23251) The Zenit-3SL rocket carrying the spacecraft lifted off at 12:43:59 Pacific Standard Time (PST) on Monday, December 3rd...

BERN, Switzerland, Nov. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The Sea Launch vessels have departed Sea Launch Home Port in Long Beach, Calif., for the equator, in preparation for the launch of the EUTELSAT 70B satellite for Eutelsat, one of the world's leading satellite operators. Liftoff is planned for 12:43:55 Pacific Standard Time (PST) on Sunday, December 2nd (20:43:55 UTC/GMT, 21:43:55 CET), at the opening of a 54-minute launch window. (Photo:...

BERN, Switzerland, Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The EUTELSAT-70B satellite of Eutelsat, one of the world's leading satellite operators, has arrived in Long Beach, California and been transported to the Sea Launch "Home Port" facility. Following unloading, the satellite was delivered to the clean room area of the 16-acre sites payload processing facility, where mission operations and integration efforts are now underway. (Photo:...

BERN, Switzerland, Aug. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Sea Launch AG has successfully launched the Intelsat 21 satellite from the Equator on the ocean-based Launch Platform Odyssey, completing its 12(th) mission for Intelsat and marking the completion of Sea Launch's second of three planned missions in 2012. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120820/CG59513) The Zenit-3SL rocket carrying the spacecraft lifted off at 23:55 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) on Saturday, August...

BERN, Switzerland, Aug. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The Sea Launch and Energia Logistics teams have initiated the automated L-72 hour launch countdown sequence at its equatorial launch site on August 14. Launch operations are now underway at the Equator, at 154 degrees West longitude. The Sea Launch Commander is positioned alongside the Launch Platform Odyssey, with the two vessels periodically connected by a link bridge that facilitates foot traffic between the vessels. A...

BERN, Switzerland, Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The Sea Launch vessels have departed Sea Launch Home Port in Long Beach, Calif., for the equator, in preparation for the launch of the Intelsat 21 satellite. Liftoff is planned for 23:56 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) on Thursday, August 16 (06:56 UTC/GMT on August 17), at the opening of a 58-minute launch window. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120806/CG52594) Upon their arrival at the launch site at 154 degrees West...

BERN, Switzerland, June 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Sea Launch announced today that it has released preliminary "Quick Look" payload unit (PLU) telemetry information to Intelsat S.A. and Space Systems Loral on June 8, 2012. The data covered the full mission profile from lift off at 22:23 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) on Thursday, May 31st (05:23 UTC/GMT, Friday, June 1) through Spacecraft separation. Sea Launch successfully inserted and separated the spacecraft into its...