BY SPACEFLIGHT NOW July 28, 2000 -- Follow the countdown and flight of the Sea Launch Zenit 3SL rocket with PanAmSat's PAS-9 communications satellite. Reload this page for the very latest on the mission.				Snapshot The mission poster. Flight Data File Vehicle: Zenit 3SL Payload: PAS-9 Launch date: July 28, 2000 Launch window: 2242-2342 GMT (6:42 to 7:42 p.m. EDT) Launch site: Equator, 154 deg. West, Pacific Ocean Pre-launch Briefing Launch timeline - Chart with times and descriptions of the events to occur during launch. Ground track - A map shows the track the Zenit will follow to orbit. Orbit trace - The orbits PAS-9 will take during the hour-long journey to space. Rocket - A look at the Zenit 3SL rocket and Block DM-SL upper stage. The Sea Launch vessels - Overviews of the Sea Launch Commander and Odyssey launch platform. PAS-9 satellite - The Hughes-built craft for PanAmSat.