Spaceway-3
Communications satellite
Spaceway-3 is a communications satellite which was launched on August 14, 2007, at 23:44:00 UTC . The third satellite in the Spaceway series, it includes a Ka -band communications payload.[ 1] Hughes Network Systems to provide broadband Internet Protocol network service.
History
In March 2007, shortly after the failure of a Sea Launch rocket launch in January 2007, Hughes Network Systems switched launch of Spaceway-3 from a Zenit-3SL rocket to an Ariane 5 launch vehicle.[ 2] [ 3]
Launch
Spaceway-3 was launched 14 August 2007 on an Ariane 5 launch vehicle with BSAT-3a .[ 4] ELA-3 of the Centre Spatial Guyanais . Five hours and 46 minutes later, signals from the spacecraft were successfully received at a ground station in Hartebeesthoek , South Africa .[ 5]
See also
References
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Soyuz TMA-10 Anik F3 Hai Yang 1B Compass-M1 EgyptSat 1 , Saudisat-3 , SaudiComsat-3 , SaudiComsat-4 , SaudiComsat-5 , SaudiComsat-6 , SaudiComsat-7 , CP-3 , CP-4 , CAPE-1 , Libertad 1 , AeroCube 2 , CSTB-1 , MAST AGILE , AAM NFIRE AIM May June July August September October November December Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ).Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).
