Thuraya-3 geostationary mobile satellite for the UAE's Thuraya Telecommunications, launched on a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL from the Odyssey ocean platform, marking Sea Launch's return to flight after a 2007 on-pad explosion.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 5.2 T
- Flight
- 25th
- of 36 Zenit 3SL flights
- Date and time
- 15 January 2008, 11:48 UTC
- Rocket
- Zenit 3SL
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- Launch Platform Odyssey, Sea Launch
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2008-001
- Launches in 2008
- 1st of 69
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