Spaceway 1

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 26 Apr 2005, 07:31 am UTC

Rocket: Zenit (Zenith)

Provider: Sea Launch

Mission

Type: Communications

Orbit: Geostationary Orbit

Pad: Launch Platform Odyssey, Sea Launch

Mission Description

Hughes Network Systems is developing a global satellite network named Spaceway, which will provide high-bandwidth and high-speed communications for broadband and multimedia applications.