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DemoSat

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 28 Mar 1999, 01:29 am UTC

Rocket: Zenit (Zenith)

Provider: Sea Launch

Mission

Type: Test Flight

Orbit: Elliptical Orbit

Pad: Launch Platform Odyssey, Sea Launch

Mission Description

DemoSat was the dummy payload on the first Boeing Sea Launch mission. The Zenit-3SL booster rocket lifted off from the Odyssey floating platform on the equator at 154 degrees W longitude.