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MEASAT-3 is a Malaysian communications satellite which was successfully launched on December 11 2006 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.In March 2003 MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. of Malaysia ordered a Boeing 601HP satellite giving it the designation MEASAT-3 at that time. MEASAT-3 joined the existing Boeing-built MEASAT-1 and MEASAT-2 spacecraft in the Malaysia-East Asia Satellite (MEASAT) system.International Launch Services (ILS) was contracted as the launch provider.