MEASAT 3

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

23:28:43

Monday December 11, 2006

Mission Details

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MEASAT 3

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The new Boeing BSS-601HP satellite, designated MEASAT-3, will join the existing Boeing-built MEASAT 1 and 2 spacecraft in the Malaysia-East Asia Satellite (MEASAT) system. MEASAT-3 will be co-located with MEASAT-1 at 91.5 degrees East longitude and will provide expansion and backup capacity for Binariang to meet the increasing market demand for satellite services within the region. Boeing will also provide an upgrade to the MEASAT ground facilities in Pulau Langkawi, Malaysia, training and launch support services. MEASAT-3 employs 24 C-band and 24 Ku-band transponders, each providing 36 MHz of bandwidth over a 15-year minimum service life. MEASAT-3 C-Band payload will cover Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Asia, and Australia. The Ku Band payload has been designed to provide high-powered flexible service options for the development of data services and Direct-to-Home applications in Malaysia, China, and India.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

4,765 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Proton-M/Briz-M

Active Since 2001

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center logo

Manufacturer

Khrunichev

Price

$65.00 million

Rocket

Height: 58.18m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 21,000 kg

GTO: 6,900 kg

Liftoff Thrust

10,027 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 4.35m

Height: 15.26m

Stages

4

Launch Site

Site 200/39

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Fastest Turnaround

10 days 23 hours

Stats

Proton-M


14th

Mission

4th

Mission of 2006

2006


59th

Orbital launch attempt