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gCaptain: From Ship to Space - Rocket Platforms at Sea

  • David Hindin · 1 year ago
    "Our favorite competitor in professional mariner news, Marine-Buzz.com, recently had an exceptional post on maritime technology used to launch rockets into space."

    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
  • David Hindin · 1 year ago
    I see what happened. The article above is recycled from the more contemporaneous version of 27 November 2007. Google cache reveals all.
    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 ...
  • David Hindin · 1 year ago
    “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
  • John · 1 year ago
    Yep... we are just like Nick at Nite... the oldies just keep getting better to watch!
  • David Hindin · 1 year ago
    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
  • David Hindin · 1 year ago
    http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/sea-launc...
    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. "