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Follow the countdown and flight of the Sea Launch Zenit 3SL rocket with the Thuraya 2 communications spacecraft. Reload this page for the very latest on the mission.
Flight Data File
Vehicle: Zenit 3SL
Payload: Thuraya 2
Launch date: June 10, 2003
Launch window: 1356-1440 GMT (9:56-10:40 a.m. EDT)
Launch site: Equator, 154° West, Pacific Ocean
Satellite broadcast: AMC 3, Transponder 18, Ku-band