FLOATING PLATFORM ODISSEY
Russian Launch Services Seeks Partners For Its Converted Start-1 The international Sea Launch consortium has launched 14 Zenith-3SL carrier rockets since March 1999 from the Odyssey floating platform. BBC News | Sci/Tech | Sea launch heralds new space era a commercial satellite from a floating platform in the Pacific. Odyssey - a converted oil platform stationed about 1500 miles south-east of Hawaii. BBC News | UK | Satellite firm plans rocket relaunch Floating rocket assembly factory in port The Sea Launch platform, Odyssey, arrived at its launch location (0degN, 154degW) on 9 March, accompanied by Wired 9.04: The Next Wave Together, they slingshot satellites off a floating platform on the equator Across the dock is its sister ship, the Odyssey, a mammoth deep-sea oil rig EXN.ca | Discovery But the concept of launching rockets from a sea-based platform is not exactly new. Odyssey will work in tandem with the Sea Launch Commander, a floating From shore to sea Formerly a North Sea oil platform, Odyssey is one of the largest phase as it is ready to blast from the floating platform and hurtle towards space. BrownstoneIT : Press Releases and News Sea Launch Commander, ready for its voyage to the launch zone, where it will be transferred to the floating platform, Odyssey. SPX-545 SPACEWARN Activities A publication of NASA NSSDC/WDC-A-R&S 1999-014A SEALAUNCH DEMO is a multinational, geosynchronous dummy "spacecraft" that was launched at 01:30 UT from a 4000 tonne floating platform, Odyssey
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