Sea Launch Zenit Fails at Liftoff

Credit: WILLIAM G. HARTENSTEIN
Sea Launch reports "limited" damage to its Odyssey Launch Platform after a Zenit-3SL booster exploded seconds after ignition as it was trying to lift the SES New Skies NSS-8 satellite into orbit. That assessment came as the company said on its web site that its partners, which include Boeing, RSC...

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