Launched the Intelsat 18 communications satellite from Baikonur for Intelsat, replacing an aging satellite and providing video and data services over the Pacific Ocean region.
- Outcome
- Success
- Payload to orbit
- 3.2 T
- Flight
- 5th
- of 6 Zenit 3SLB flights
- Date and time
- 5 October 2011, 21:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Zenit 3SLB
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 45/1, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Unknown
- International designator
- 2011-056
- Launches in 2011
- 59th of 84
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