Land Launch
Updated November 18, 2008
Source: Sea Launch
Sea Launch Prepares for the Launch of SICRAL 1B
Sea Launch took delivery of the SICRAL 1B communications satellite this week at the Payload Processing Facility at Sea Launch Home Port in the Port of Long Beach. With additional arrivals this month of associated hardware and personnel, preparations for launch operations are now underway in support of this mission in January 2009.
Updated November 18, 2008
Source: Flight Global
Land Launch Aims for Second Lift-Off
The international joint venture Land Launch is preparing for its second flight to launch the Space Systems/Loral built Telstar-11N telecommunications satellite in December following its 28 April maiden mission to send an Israeli spacecraft into orbit, says the Russian Federal Space Agency. A Ukrainian Yuzhnoye Zenit 3SLB will be launched from Russia's Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan with the payload. The rocket is capable of putting 3,600kg (7,920lb) into geostationary transfer orbit. Land Launch's joint venture's members include Norway's Aker, Russia's Energia, Boeing and Ukraine's Yuzhnoye. These companies have been working together for Sea launch. It is through Sea Launch that Land Launch's services are marketed.
