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Intelsat 15 Zenit-3SLB Land Launch Delayed
Moscow (AFP) Nov 30, 2009 The launch of a US telecommunications satellite from Kazakhstan was put off overnight for technical reasons, Russia's Roskosmos space agency said Monday as quoted by the RIA Novosti news agency. "The date of the new launch is unknown -- either it will be postponed by an indefinite time or by 24 hours," the official said. The Intelsat-15 satellite, produced by US-based Orbital Sciences Corporation, is due to provide communications service for customers in the Middle East and Russia. It was due to be launched by a Zenit rocket. The reasons for putting off the launch were not specified.
earlier related report "A Zenit-3SLB carrier rocket with an Intelsat-15 spacecraft is scheduled to be launched at 24:00 Moscow time [21:00 GMT]," Roscosmos said. The Zenit-3SLB is a modernized three-stage version of the Zenit-3SL, which was previously used at Sea Launch's floating platform in the Pacific Ocean. Intelsat-15 has been developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation and is designed to replace the Intelsat-709 satellite. Intelsat-15 is equipped with 22 Ku-band transponders and will provide telecommunications services for the Middle East and Russia. The satellite weighs 2.48 tons and has a service life of at least 15 years.
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