Land Launch flew the MEASAT-3a communications satellite from Baikonur to geostationary transfer orbit for Malaysia's MEASAT. The Orbital Sciences-built spacecraft had spent nearly a year grounded for repairs after being damaged in a crane accident at the launch site.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.4 T
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 6 Zenit 3SLB flights
- Date and time
- 21 June 2009, 21:50 UTC
- Rocket
- Zenit 3SLB
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 45/1, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2009-032
- Launches in 2009
- 34th of 78
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