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Sea Launch inaugurates commercial programme
The Sea Launch company has completed its first commercial satellite launch mission. The Boeing-led US/Russian/ Ukrainian/Norwegian consortium fired a Zenit 3SL booster from the Odyssey offshore platform in the mid-Pacific Ocean from 0íN, 154íW on 9 October, carrying the Hughes-built DirecTV 1R communications satellite. The craft reached geostationary orbit about ...
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