Oh, it has happened. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelsat_708 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelsat_708 Things are a lot easier to make safe when launch

Oh, it has happened. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelsat_708 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelsat_708 Things are a lot easier to make safe when launching towards water, but some countries don't have that luxury.