After 2 scrubs due to sea conditions, Wednesday morning (11-21), Sea Launch will try again to launch Thuraya-3 mobile communications satellite for Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company, based in the United Arab Emirates on a Zenit-3SL rocket from the Odyssey Launch Platform positioned on the equator in the Pacific Ocean.
Launch window opens at 10:37 a.m. EST. Spacecraft separation around 1 hour 38 minutes after lift off over the Pacific Ocean, north of New Zealand. Broadcast coverage: Galaxy 10R @ 123 degrees West, transponder 24 Ku band upper (12189 Horizontal) DVB 4:2:0, SR: 13.021276 Test signals start at 9:15 a.m. EST. Broadcast starts at 10:25 a.m. EST. Don't have a dish, a webcast of launch is available at: http://www.sea-launch.com/current_index_webcast.html Additional coverage at: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/sealaunch/thuraya3/status.html http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/next_launch.html http://www.sea-launch.com/current_launch.html -- Dishnut-P ==================================================================== Operator of RadioFree Dishnuts - Producer of The Dishnut News heard Saturdays at 10pm ET. on: RFD, W0KIE Satellite Radio Network Galaxy-26 (Telstar 6) @93° W - Transponder 1 / 6.2 & 6.8Mhz (4DTV T6-999) also via Digicipher on AMC 3 @87° W - Transponder 7 4DTV (DSR-922) W3 958 (Stereo) - WTND-LP 106.3, and many micro LPFM stations. http://dishnuts.net RFD Listen Links: http://dishnuts.net/#Listen Show Archives: (Partly Up) http://dishnuts.net/archive/ **In Loving Memory of Mom (Dishnut Gerry)**
