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Re: From Ship to Space - Rocket Platforms at Sea

David Hindin — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:38:01 -0000

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. "

Re: From Ship to Space - Rocket Platforms at Sea

David Hindin — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:06:39 -0000

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

Re: From Ship to Space - Rocket Platforms at Sea

John — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:40:11 -0000

Yep... we are just like Nick at Nite... the oldies just keep getting better to watch!

Re: From Ship to Space - Rocket Platforms at Sea

David Hindin — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:16:27 -0000

“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

Re: From Ship to Space - Rocket Platforms at Sea

David Hindin — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:41:08 -0000

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 ...

Re: From Ship to Space - Rocket Platforms at Sea

David Hindin — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:52:46 -0000

"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