Sea Launch's Zenit-3SL lofted Galaxy 18, a PanAmSat/Intelsat communications satellite with 48 C- and Ku-band transponders, from the Odyssey platform in the Pacific into geostationary transfer orbit to serve North America from 123 degrees West.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.6 T
- Flight
- 27th
- of 36 Zenit 3SL flights
- Date and time
- 21 May 2008, 09:43 UTC
- Rocket
- Zenit 3SL
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- Launch Platform Odyssey, Sea Launch
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2008-024
- Launches in 2008
- 24th of 69
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