Sea Launch

Sea Launch has made 43 launches since its first on 28 March 1999: 40 successful, 3 failed or partly failed (93% success). Its latest was AngoSat-1 on 26 December 2017. It has carried 40 satellites, 40 of them still in orbit.

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Launches a year

19572026

Busiest year: 2008, with 6. 2026 so far: 0.

Highlights

DateLaunch
28 March 1999Zenit, DemoSatFirst launch · success
20 April 2009Zenit 3SL, SICRAL 1BFirst Zenit 3SL flight · success
5 October 2011Zenit-3SLB, Intelsat 18First Zenit-3SLB flight · success
26 December 2017Zenit-3F, AngoSat-1Latest launch · success

Rockets

RocketFirst launchLaunches
Zenit28 March 199933
Zenit 3SL20 April 20097
Zenit-3SLB5 October 20112
Zenit-3F26 December 20171

Launch sites

Sea Launch, Odyssey platform36
Baikonur Cosmodrome7

Satellites carried

40 satellites in the catalogue went up on Sea Launch launches; 40 are still in orbit. By who uses them: defence 2, civil government 1, commercial 37.

A rocket's first launch here is its first for Sea Launch. Satellites are payloads in CelesTrak's catalogue linked to the launch that carried them.