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RE: Intelsat 18 satellite

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L minus 15 minutes

Launch vehicle fuelling now complete

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L minus 20 minutes

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Weather is 'go' for launch

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Launch still on schedule.

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L minus 30 minutes

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L minus 1 hour

Launch of the Zenit 3SLB with the Intelsat 18 satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, is scheduled for 21:00 GMT (01:00 Moscow Time), 5th October, 2011.

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Tonight's Zenit rocket launch has been scrubbed.

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A Zenit rocket with the Intelsat 18 satellite is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on the 21:00 UT, 4th October, 2011.

The launch window extends from 21:00 to 23:00 UTC

Space Rocket Zenith-2SB

Underway is prelaunch processing of launch vehicle (LV) Zenith-2SB and telecommunication spacecraft (SC) at Baikonur Cosmodrome. According to press service of Roscosmos and SC Yuzhniy, on September 23rd at the Cosmodrome Assembly and Testing Facility on site 31 assembly of Ascent Unit (AU) has been completed: installation (encapsulation) of payload fairing on spacecraft Intelsat-18 with Uppers Stage DM-SLB has been performed. Upon completion of electric checks and final operations AU will be transshipped to transport platform and carried to Cosmodrome site 42 for mating with launch vehicle. Integrated Launch Vehicle Zenith-2SB with Upper Stage DM-SLB and telecommunication spacecraft Intelsat-18 are scheduled for launch for October this year.