Sea Launch makes successful return to flight with Thuraya-3

Sea Launch successfully launched Boeing's Thuraya-3 communications satellite in a much-anticipated return to flight of the Zenit 3-SL rocket after a pad explosion last year. The rocket lifted off the Odyssey Launch Platform at 3:49 a.m. Pacific Time Jan. 15. The mission ended with the upper stage...

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