Sea Launch heading home after postponing Thuraya launch
Thwarted by unusually strong ocean currents at its launch site in the equatorial ocean, Sea Launch has decided to postpone the Thuraya-3 launch campaign, and its command ship and Odyssey launch platform are on their way home. Driven by El Nina, the winds and currents at the site "made it difficult...
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