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USA (!) company Sea Launch managed to launch Zenit rockets from equator, so here's the precedent...
by avmich 3y ago
USA (!) company Sea Launch managed to launch Zenit rockets from equator, so here's the precedent...
- moberley 3y agoThe Spaceport Company is also trying to develop a system for providing near coastal ocean launch facilities that they call it Spaceport as a Service. Their team includes a person who helped to write the Part 450 regulations while at the FAA previously. https://thespaceportcompany.com/ https://thespaceportcompany.com/
- lstodd 3y agoIIRC it was Boeing and about a half of ex-USSR space industry. So not exactly or even mostly USA. I had a girlfriend back then whose father worked on the program. Great times those 1990s.
- avmich 3y agoYeah, that was a bit odd - the main part Boeing - seemingly! - provided was the connection to the markets and to the regulatory environment. The rocket was Ukrainian, with Russian engine and a booster stage, and the launch platform was of Norway origin. But the company was still based in USA.