Spaceway-3
Sign in to saveSpaceway-3 is a communications satellite which was launched on August 14, 2007, at 23:44:00 UTC. The third satellite in the Spaceway series, it includes a Ka-band communications payload. It is used by Hughes Network Systems to provide broadband Internet Protocol network service.
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- Instance of
- communications satellite
- Operator
- Hughes Communications
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2007-08-14
- start point
- ELA-3
- type of orbit
- geostationary orbit
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Spaceway-3 is a communications satellite which was launched on August 14, 2007, at 23:44:00 UTC. The third satellite in the Spaceway series, it includes a Ka-band communications payload. It is used by Hughes Network Systems to provide broadband Internet Protocol network service.
== History == In March 2007, shortly after the failure of a Sea Launch rocket launch in January 2007, Hughes Network Systems switched launch of Spaceway-3 from a Zenit-3SL rocket to an Ariane 5 launch vehicle.
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