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An evening launch of a Zenit-3SL rocket from the Sea Launch platform Odyssey.
An evening launch of a Zenit-3SL rocket from the Sea Launch platform Odyssey.
Credit: Steve Jurvetson - image source
A Ukrainian Zenit-3SL rocket launches the Italian SICRAL 1B military communications satellite from the Sea Launch platform Odyssey, located in the territorial waters of Kiribati, on April 30, 2009. Sea Launch is a unique launch provider that ships rockets and payloads to be launched from a platform placed at the Equator, providing for optimal payload capacity and direct insertion to geostationary orbit (GEO) without the need to change inclination. Sea Launch has conducted 36 launches since 1999, with four failures.
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