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Zenit | Spaceway 1

Name: Zenit | Spaceway 1
Start: 2005-04-26T07:31:29.000Z
End: 2005-04-26T07:31:29.000Z
Location: Launch Platform Odyssey

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

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Spaceway 1

Sea Launch • Zenit 3SL • Launch Platform Odyssey

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Hughes Network Systems is developing a global satellite network named Spaceway, which will provide high-bandwidth and high-speed communications for broadband and multimedia applications.

Rocket profile

Zenit 3SL

Variant: 3SL

Length: 4.6 m

Diameter: 0.42 m

Reusable: No

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Launch info

Provider

Sea Launch

Vehicle

Zenit 3SL

Pad

Launch Platform Odyssey (Launch Platform Odyssey)

State

NET

2005-04-26T07:31:29+00:00

Window start

2005-04-26T07:31:29+00:00

Window end

2005-04-26T07:31:29+00:00

Orbit

Geostationary Orbit

Mission type

Communications

Launch site

Sea Launch

Reusable

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Launch Platform Odyssey

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Spaceway 1

Hughes Network Systems is developing a global satellite network named Spaceway, which will provide high-bandwidth and high-speed communications for broadband and multimedia applications.

Rocket

Zenit 3SL

Manufacturer: Sea Launch

Maiden flight

1999-03-28

Links & sources

Pad satellite mapSatellite

Service provider

Sea Launch

Provider news

Commercial • RUS

Objects from this launch

2 objects

SATCAT inventory for 2005-015

Last checked: 2026-03-13T06:11:05.535+00:00

Last success: 2026-03-13T06:11:05.535+00:00

Last non-empty: 2026-03-13T06:11:05.535+00:00

Latest snapshot: 2026-03-13T06:11:05.535+00:00

Snapshot hash: 4e4535df27b0ec3f4e2f7b2cc2d5e32d08a54929c22d8bcda5aa55b025b22e93

LL2 payloads: 0SATCAT payloads: 1Delta: +1RB: 1DEB: 0UNK: 0

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SATCAT payload objects

SPACEWAY 1
2005-015ANORAD 28644PAYUnited States (US)Ops: -
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: SEALPeriod: 1462.03 minRCS: 6.309 m²
Inc: 6.5°
36276 km → 36310 km

SATCAT non-payload objects

BLOCK DM-SL R/B
2005-015BNORAD 28645RBSEAL
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: SEALPeriod: 434.65 minRCS: 21.045 m²
Inc: 0.2°
229 km → 25029 km

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Update 1

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Mission stats

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2026 snapshot

Provider legacy

Sea Launch

Lifetime launches

2 in 2026

Sea Launch has 16 launches on record, with 2 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

2 in 2026

Launch Platform Odyssey has 16 launches from this pad on record, with 2 in 2026.

Rocket reliability

92% all time

2026: no completed missions yet

Pad turnaround

56d 3h

Reported pad reuse cadence.

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