Currents Undo Sea Launch Plan

Thwarted by unusually strong ocean currents at the launch position in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, Sea Launch managers have decided to postpone the Thuraya-3 campaign and send the command ship and Odyssey launch platform back to the company’s Long Beach, Calif., home port. Also factoring in the...

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