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Rocket: Zenit 3SL
Payload: Koreasat 5
Date: Aug. 22, 2006
Window: 0327-0427 GMT
Site: Equator, 154° West, Pacific Ocean
Broadcast: AMC 1, Transponder 18, Ku-band, Digital, 103° West

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Atlantis on the pad
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Follow the countdown and flight of the Sea Launch Zenit 3SL rocket with the Koreasat 5 communications spacecraft. Reload this page for the latest on the mission.