launched fromRussia

Intelsat Americas 8

Name: Intelsat Americas 8
Start: 2005-06-23T14:03:00Z
Location: Sea Launch

Success

JUN 23200514:03:00 UTC

Originally ordered as Telstar 8 for Loral Space & Communications, sold to Intelsat before launch

LIFTOFF

JUN 23 2005

14:03:00 UTC

Success

launched from Ocean Odyssey Sea Launch

aboard Zenit 3SL into GSO

Payload

Intelsat Americas 8 (2005-2007) Galaxy 28 (2007-)

Communications