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Sea Launch Revisited
Sea Launch Home Page: We talked about Sea Launch one year ago today, and apparently the concept is thriving. They’re had about a dozen launches, it looks like.
Sea Launch is a rocket plaform floating in the ocean. The platform takes rockets out to sea, near the equator where the laws of physics are more favorable, then launches them.
Their Web site has expanded quite a bit, and includes neat videos like this one. I want a job there — they need a an intranet administrator out in Long Beach.
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Sea Launch...doesn't
Rocket Blows Up: We've talked about Sea Launch before -- it's a very cool rocket-platform that floats out in the ocean to take advantage of more favorable physics near the equator. Sadly, this one didn't turn out like they hoped. Via Boing Boing.
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Sea Launch
DirecTV satellite launched from Sea Launch ocean platform: Very cool A DirecTV satellite was succesfully launched from an oceangoing platform in the equatorial Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, Sea Launch Co. said. [...] Sea Launch uses a self-propelled launch platform and a command ship that sail from Long Beach, Calif., to the equator,…
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