Sea Launch Orbits Directv 11
Credit: SEA LAUNCH
A Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket lifts off from Sea Launch’s oceangoing Odyssey launch platform carrying DirecTV 11, a Boeing-built direct-to-home broadcast satellite. Liftoff from the equatorial launch position at 154 deg. W. Long. came at 6:48 p.m. EDT Mar. 19, and the mission proceeded nominally...
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