Launch of the American communication satellite successfully launched from Baikonur

Launch vehicle Zenit-3SLB “, which should be put into orbit an American communications satellite Intelsat-15, successfully launched on the night of Tuesday, Dec. 1, from Baikonur Cosmodrome, reports RIA Novosti.

According to the “Space Agency”, rocket Zenit-3SLB “satellite Intelsat-15 was nominally at 00.00 Moscow time, the separation of spacecraft from the booster is scheduled at 6.28 Moscow time on Tuesday.

Recall that before the missile launch is planned for midnight on Sunday, November 29, but for technical reasons it was postponed.

Spacecraft Intelsat-15 is designed to replace old Intelsat-709 U.S. company Orbital Sciences Corporation. The satellite has 22 Ku-band transponders and is designed to provide communication services (data transmission network and television broadcasting) to consumers in the Middle, Middle East and Russia. The term of the satellite – no less than 15 years, weight – 2,482 tons.

Three-stage rocket Zenit-3SLB “is a modernized version of the rocket Zenit-3SL”, which is used for launches in the international project Sea Launch.