Sea Launch's Zenit-3SL lofted the Galaxy 16 communications satellite from the Odyssey platform in the Pacific for PanAmSat, a C- and Ku-band spacecraft built by Space Systems/Loral to replace Galaxy 4R over the continental United States.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.6 T
- Flight
- 21st
- of 36 Zenit 3SL flights
- Date and time
- 18 June 2006, 07:50 UTC
- Rocket
- Zenit 3SL
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- Launch Platform Odyssey, Sea Launch
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2006-023
- Launches in 2006
- 24th of 66
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