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December 1st, 2009

UPDATE: Land Launch Team To Try Again With Intelsat-15


The Land Launch team is planning another launch attempt today, following a scrub yesterday at L-3:14:00 in the countdown at the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan. Liftoff is scheduled for 1:00pm Pacific Time (21:00 GMT). A formal GO to proceed is expected at a Launch Readiness Review at L-6.30:00 in today's countdown . We will provide additional information, as it becomes available, on the Sea Launch website at www.sea-launch.com.

The Land Launch team today halted the launch of the Intelsat 15 communications satellite at L-3:14:00 in the countdown at the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan. Following the direction to stop the countdown, the launch team immediately implemented abort operations, according to procedure.