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Sea Launch Signs with PanAmSat for Second Land Launch Mission |
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LONG BEACH, Calif., Sept. 7, 2005/Satnews Daily/ — The Sea Launch Company has signed an agreement with PanAmSat (NYSE: PA) for the launch of the Horizons-2 satellite, the second commercial mission scheduled to fly on the Land Launch system from the Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan.
Sea Launch said the agreement provides for a Zenit-3SLB vehicle to lift the Horizons-2 satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) from Baikonur in 2007. Built by Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB), the 2,300 kg (5,070 lb) STAR-2 spacecraft will be located at 74 degrees West Longitude.
Horizons-2 is a new high-powered Ku-band satellite that will support services ranging from digital video, high-definition television (HDTV) and IP-based content distribution networks to broadband Internet and satellite newsgathering services (SNG) in the U.S. market.
Horizons-2 is a joint venture between PanAmSat and JSAT Corporation (Tokyo: JSAT). This is the second mission Sea Launch will perform for the Horizons venture. In September of 2003, Sea Launch successfully launched the 4,090 kg (9081 lb) Galaxy XIII/Horizons-1 satellite to GTO.
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