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Our favorite competitor in professional mariner news, Marine-Buzz.com, recently had an exceptional post on maritime technology used to launch rockets into space.Â
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12 months ago
The technology is significant, but I am not sure what your definition of recently is.
"Sea Launch is preparing to launch a Zenit-3SL rocket with aThuraya-3 communication satellite shortly from a floating platform in the Pacific Ocean."
That story was originally posted on 26 November 2007. The launch described successfully occured on 15 January 2008.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/15/satelli...
Sea Launch is engaged in another operation at this writing
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/...
"(07-09) 12:32 PDT Long Beach, Calif. (AP) --
Sea Launch Co.'s oceangoing rocket platform and command ship are en route to the equatorial Pacific to launch a satellite for Dish Network Corp.
Long Beach-based Sea Launch says liftoff of the EchoStar 11 satellite is planned for July 15."
http://www.sea-launch.com/
http://www.sea-launch.com/current_launch.htm
12 months ago
From Ship to Space - Rocket Platforms at Sea | gCaptain.com
Nov 27, 2007 ... Our favorite competitor in professional mariner news, Marine-Buzz.com, has an exceptional post on maritime technology used to launch rockets ...
12 months ago
That story was originally posted on 26 November 2007. The launch described successfully occured on 15 January 2008.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/15/satelli...
Sea Launch is engaged in another operation at this writing
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/...
“(07-09) 12:32 PDT Long Beach, Calif. (AP) –
Sea Launch Co.’s oceangoing rocket platform and command ship are en route to the equatorial Pacific to launch a satellite for Dish Network Corp.
Long Beach-based Sea Launch says liftoff of the EchoStar 11 satellite is planned for July 15.”
http://www.sea-launch.com/
http://www.sea-launch.com/current_launch.htm
12 months ago
12 months ago
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/15/satelli...
Sea Launch is engaged in another operation at this writing
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/...
“(07-09) 12:32 PDT Long Beach, Calif. (AP) –
Sea Launch Co.’s oceangoing rocket platform and command ship are en route to the equatorial Pacific to launch a satellite for Dish Network Corp.
Long Beach-based Sea Launch says liftoff of the EchoStar 11 satellite is planned for July 15.”
http://www.sea-launch.com/
http://www.sea-launch.com/current_launch.htm
11 months ago
Sea Launch Successfully Delivers EchoStar XI to Orbit
"Last update: 3:28 a.m. EDT July 16, 2008
LONG BEACH, Calif., July 16, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Sea Launch Company has successfully launched the EchoStar XI broadcast satellite from its ocean-based platform on the Equator, marking its fourth successful mission of 2008 and its third mission for DISH Network. "
"A Zenit-3SL rocket lifted off at 10:21pm PDT on July 15 (5:21 GMT, July 16) from the Odyssey Launch Platform, positioned at 154 degrees West Longitude. "