flown missionSuccess
Zenit | Thuraya 1
Sea LaunchLaunch Platform Odyssey — Sea Launch
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Thuraya 1
- Type
- Communications
- Target orbit
- Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Thuraya-1 is the first satellite in the Boeing GEM (Geomobile) series. This product line expands Boeing's offerings beyond satellite manufacturing, to integrate a high-power geosynchronous satellite (derived from the Boeing BSS_702 body-stabilized design) with a ground segment and user handsets, to provide a range of cellular-like voice and data services over a large geographic region. The Thuraya ground segment includes terrestrial gateways plus a collocated network operations center and satellite control facility in the UAE.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Zenit 3SL
- Family
- Zenith
- Variant
- 3SL
- Provider
- Sea Launch
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- RUS
launch site
- Pad
- Launch Platform Odyssey
- Location
- Sea Launch
- Country
- ???
- Coordinates
- 0.0000, -154.0000