Thuraya
2 launch
Posted: 10 June 2003
Thuraya marks another milestone with the launch today of its second
satellite — Thuraya 2.
The Thuraya 2 satellite will be deployed into geosynchronous transfer
orbit by Sea Launch, which was also the launching vehicle for Thuraya's
first satellite, Thuraya 1 in October 2000.
Thuraya's third satellite is being built by Boeing Satellite Systems
to expand system capacity.
The Thuraya 2, on board the Zenit-3SL rocket, will lift off from
the Odyssey Launch Platform positioned on the equator in the Pacific
Ocean.
The 44-minute launch window will open at 5:56 pm UAE time (13:56
GMT) on June 10 and broadcast of the event is likely to be carried
on some TV stations.
The Sea Launch team will place the Thuraya-2 satellite into Geosynchronous
Transfer Orbit, with the spacecraft separating from the upper stage
at 2234 kms (1,388 miles) above the Pacific Ocean.
Launching from its equatorial launch site at 154 degrees West Longitude,
Sea Launch will insert the spacecraft directly into the required
6.3-degree inclined orbit, an optimal orbital location for the Thuraya
system.
Thuraya's chosen launch vehicle Sea Launch is one of the world's
leading reliable heavy-lift launch service providers for commercial
satellite sector.
For more information see www.thuraya.com.
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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