Launch Overview
Vehicle
Zenit-3SL
Agency
Sea Launch
Site / Pad
KLA / KLA -
Outcome
Success
Flight
6L/DM-SL-6L
COSPAR Designator
2000-066
Mission
Thuraya 1 (Communications)
Thuraya-1 is the first satellite in the Boeing GEM (Geomobile) series. This product line expands Boeing's offerings beyond satellite manufacturing, to integrate a high-power geosynchronous satellite (derived from the Boeing BSS_702 body-stabilized design) with a ground segment and user handsets, to provide a range of cellular-like voice and data services over a large geographic region. The Thuraya ground segment includes terrestrial gateways plus a collocated network operations center and satellite control facility in the UAE.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Zenit 3SL
Provider
Sea Launch
Agency launches
5 (3 YTD)
Site launches
6 (3 YTD)
Pad launches
5 (3 YTD)