Malaysia's newest satellite, the MEASAT-3a satellite blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome exactly on schedule at 5.50 am Malaysian time here Monday. Launched amid perfectly cool and windy conditions, the US$165 million communications satellite blasted off on its mission to enhance Measat Satellite Systems Sdn Bhd's satellite capacity significantly. The company now has four satellites in orbit.
Measat Satellite Systems Sdn Bhds Measat-3a satellite blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 5:30am Malaysian time on Monday. Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said he was "very proud and jubilant."
The Land Launch Zenit-3SLB system has successfully inserted the MEASAT-3a communications satellite (formerly MEASAT-1R) into a geosynchronous transfer orbit, at the end of a mission originating from the Zenit launch site at the Baikonur Space Centre in Kazakhstan. All systems performed as planned. A Zenit-3SLB vehicle lifted off the from the Land Launch pad at 2:50 pm Pacific Time (21:50 GMT, June 21) on its way to a final orbital position of 91.5 degrees East Longitude. The 2,366 kg (5,216 lb) MEASAT-3a spacecraft separated from the Block DM-3SLB upper stage about six hours later, with a ground station in Uralla, Australia, acquiring the first signals from orbit shortly after separation.
Malaysia's newest satellite, the MEASAT-3a satellite blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome exactly on schedule at 5.50 am Malaysian time here Monday. Launched amid perfectly cool and windy conditions, the US$165 million communications satellite blasted off on its mission to enhance Measat Satellite Systems Sdn Bhd's satellite capacity significantly. The company now has four satellites in orbit.
The Zenit-3SLB rocket, carrying the 2,366 kg MEASAT-3a telecommunication satellite has successfully launched and placed the satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit.
From the Baikonur spaceport tomorrow night will launch the "Zenith -3SL[B]" carrier rocket with a "Dm-SL[B]" launch block, which will put into geostationary orbit the Malaysian measat-1R satellite. As ITAR- TASS reported, the Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos), " the launch of the carrier is planned at 01:50 MST on June 22". This is the third launch according to the international program of "Ground-based launches", of the Roskosmose program.
A Zenit 3SLB rocket with the MEASAT 3a satellite is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan at 21:50 GMT, 21st June, 2009. The satellite will provide telecommunications for the Asia - Pacific region and has a designed lifespan of15 years at standing. The satellite will occupy the 91.5 degree orbital slot.
Fourteen top students from Malaysia, India, Indonesia, the Philippines and the United Kingdom will get a once-in-a-lifetime chance to witness the launch of MEASAT Satellite System Sdn Bhd's communications satellite, Measat-3a, at Baikonur in Kazakhstan on Monday, June 22.
Orbital in Final Preparations for Launch of MEASAT-3a Orbital Sciences Corporation, one of the world's leading space technology companies, today announced that the MEASAT-3a commercial communications satellite has arrived at its launch site at Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The MEASAT spacecraft is scheduled to be launched into geosynchronous transfer orbit aboard a Land Launch rocket. The launch is currently scheduled to take place in late June 2009. The arrival of MEASAT-3a at Baikonur marks the return of the spacecraft to the launch site following a six-month process to decontaminate, diagnose, repair and retest the spacecraft after it was damaged during crane operations at the launch complex and returned to the company's Dulles, VA facilities. The accident resulted in postponement of the satellite's initial launch date and the initiation of a series of processes by Orbital to repair and retest the satellite that focused on ensuring mission success.