[Zenit] Launch of Eutelsat 3B on Zenit from Sea Launch Platform

The Eutelsat 3B satellite was successfully launched into orbit today by a Zenit 3SL rocket from the Sea Launch Odyssey platform positioned in the Pacific Ocean. Liftoff occurred at 21:10 UTC, May 26th 2014, This was the 36th Sea Launch launch and the first since a failure in 2013 with the Intelsat 27 satellite.

Eutelsat 3B will be positioned at 3 degrees East alongside Eutelsat 3A and Eutelsat 3D and will provide video, data, Internet and telecom services across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and parts of South America.