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Zenit | Echostar XI

Name: Zenit | Echostar XI
Start: 2008-07-16T05:20:59.000Z
End: 2008-07-16T05:20:59.000Z
Location: Launch Platform Odyssey

Sea Launch • Zenit 3SL • Launch Platform Odyssey (NA)

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Echostar XI

Sea Launch • Zenit 3SL • Launch Platform Odyssey

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Launch pad: Launch Platform Odyssey

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Launch info

Provider

Sea Launch

Vehicle

Zenit 3SL

Pad

Launch Platform Odyssey (Launch Platform Odyssey)

State

NET

2008-07-16T05:20:59+00:00

Window start

2008-07-16T05:20:59+00:00

Window end

2008-07-16T05:20:59+00:00

Orbit

Geostationary Orbit

Mission type

Communications

Launch site

Sea Launch

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Update 1

NET updated

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Window refined

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Launch story

Mission stats

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2026 snapshot

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Sea Launch

Lifetime launches

5 in 2026

Sea Launch has 29 launches on record, with 5 in 2026.

Rocket track record

Zenit 3SL

Successful missions

0 in 2026

Zenit 3SL has 33 successful missions on record, with 0 in 2026.

Pad history

Launch Platform Odyssey

Pad launches

4 in 2026

Launch Platform Odyssey has 28 launches from this pad on record, with 4 in 2026.

Rocket reliability

92% all time

2026: no completed missions yet

Pad turnaround

55d 19h

Reported pad reuse cadence.

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