JCSAT-9
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JCSAT-5A, formerly JCSAT-9, is a Japanese telecommunications satellite. It was launched by a Sea Launch
Sea Launch
Sea Launch is a spacecraft launch service that uses a mobile sea platform for equatorial launches of commercial payloads on specialized Zenit 3SL rockets...

 Zenit 3SL rocket on the 12 April 2006 from the offshore Ocean Odyssey
Ocean Odyssey
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 launch platform. Launch occurred at 23:29:59 GMT. Separation from the launch vehicle occurred at 00:38:02 GMT, and it is now in a geosynchronous orbit
Geosynchronous orbit
A geosynchronous orbit is an orbit around the Earth with an orbital period that matches the Earth's sidereal rotation period...

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