LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Tue Aug 22 2006
Sea Launch

Mugunghwa 5

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(3:27 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

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(3:27 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(3:27 AM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

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No Recovery Specified

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No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Zenit 3SL

Description:

Zenit 3SL rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Communications
  • Koreasat 5 is South Korea's first combined civil and military communications satellite. The military part of the satellite is known as ANASIS 1 (Army/Navy/Air Force Satellite Information System 1). Alcatel Space supplied both the multimission satellite and its ground control system, along with launch and early operations phase (LEOP) support. Based on the new-generation Spacebus-4000C1 platform from Alcatel Space, Koreasat 5 features a state-of-the-art broadband payload, including new technologies developed within the scope of the Syracuse III program.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Sea Launch

Pad

Launch Platform Odyssey