Zenit-3 SL | Intelsat 21

Status

Success

Intelsat 21

Launch Time
Sun Aug 19, 2012 06:54 UTC

Rocket

Zenit-3 SL

Image Credit: Sea Launch

Sea Launch

Status: Retired

Liftoff Thrust: 7,257 kN

Payload to LEO: 13,740 kg

Payload to GTO: 6,000 kg

Stages: 3

Strap-ons: 0

Rocket Height: 59.46 m

Fairing Diameter: 4.1 m

Fairing Height: 10.4 m

Details

Mission Details

Intelsat 21

Intelsat Ltd. announced in July 2009 that it had ordered the Intelsat 21 communications satellite from Boeing Satellite Systems. It was launched in 2012, and replaced the Intelsat 9 satellite at 58º West Longitude.

The payload is powered by two solar wings, each with four panels of ultra triple-junction gallium arsenide solar cells.

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 5,984.0 kg

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Location

LP Odyssey, Kiritimati Launch Area, Pacific Ocean

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Stats

2012

47th orbital launch attempt

Zenit

78th mission

2nd mission of 2012

66th successful mission

18th consecutive successful mission