Sea Launch successfully launched Loral's Telstar 14/Estrela do Sul 1 communications satellite, on January 10, at 8:13 pm PST (4:13:00 GMT, January
11). The Zenit-3SL launch vehicle lifted the 4694 kg (10,350 lb) spacecraft to geosynchronous transfer orbit from the Odyssey Launch Platform,
positioned on the Equator.