Sea Launch | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-05-06

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00:02:09 1 History
00:06:37 2 Ownership and business
00:09:07 3 Launches
00:12:38 4 NSS-8 launch failure
00:14:38 5 Concerns and investigations
00:16:57 6 Land launch
00:18:06 7 Advantages of equatorial ocean-platform based launches
00:19:43 8 Recognition
00:20:01 9 See also



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Sea Launch is a multinational spacecraft launch service that used a mobile maritime launch platform for equatorial launches of commercial payloads on specialized Zenit-3SL rockets through 2014.
By 2014, it had assembled and launched thirty-two rockets, with an additional three failures and one partial failure. All commercial payloads have been communications satellites intended for geostationary transfer orbit with such customers as EchoStar, DirecTV, XM Satellite Radio, PanAmSat, and Thuraya.
The launcher and its payload are assembled on a purpose-built ship Sea Launch Commander in Long Beach, California, US. The assembled spacecraft is then positioned on top of the self-propelled platform Ocean Odyssey and moved to the equatorial Pacific Ocean for launch, with the Sea Launch Commander serving as command center.
The sea-based launch system means the rockets can be fired from the optimal position on Earth's surface, considerably increasing payload capacity and reducing launch costs compared to land-based systems.Sea Launch mothballed its ships and put operations on long-term hiatus in 2014, following the Russian military intervention in Ukraine.  By 2015, discussions on disposition of company assets are underway, and the Sea Launch partners are in a court-administered dispute about unpaid expenses that Boeing claims it incurred.  In September 2016, S7 Group, owner of S7 Airlines announced they were purchasing Sea Launch. Launch services will be provided by S7 Sea Launch, a US subsidiary.