The Sea Lanch Commander, pictured at left in Long Beach on May 19, 2010, is the assembly and comman

The Sea Lanch Commander, pictured at left in Long Beach on May 19, 2010, is the assembly and command ship for Sea Launch. Sea Launch is a spacecraft launch service that uses a mobile sea platform (right) for equatorial launches of commercial payloads on specialized Zenit 3SL rockets. As of April 2009 it had assembled and launched thirty rockets, with two failures and one partial failure. The rocket is assembled on board the ship and is the launch control center. The Odyssey launch platform, seen at the right and originally built in the 1980's as an oil rig and used in the North Sea, was converted by Sea Launch in the 1990's. The sea–based launch system means the rockets can be fired from the optimum position on Earth's surface, considerably increasing payload capacity and reducing launch costs compared to land–based system. The Sea Launch consortium of four companies from the United States, Russia, Ukraine and Norway, was established in 1995 and their first rocket was launched in March 1999. All launch equipment is provided by Russians. The company filed for bankrupcy in June, 2009 and hopes to exit later this summer. A plan of reorganization was filed with the court May 12, 2010 and involves selling 85% of the company to an affiliate of RSC (Rocket Space Company) called Energia Overseas, Ltd. The other 15% of the company will be owned by a group of unsecured creditors. (Photo by Gary Friedman/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
The Sea Lanch Commander, pictured at left in Long Beach on May 19, 2010, is the assembly and command ship for Sea Launch. Sea Launch is a spacecraft launch service that uses a mobile sea platform (right) for equatorial launches of commercial payloads on specialized Zenit 3SL rockets. As of April 2009 it had assembled and launched thirty rockets, with two failures and one partial failure. The rocket is assembled on board the ship and is the launch control center. The Odyssey launch platform, seen at the right and originally built in the 1980's as an oil rig and used in the North Sea, was converted by Sea Launch in the 1990's. The sea–based launch system means the rockets can be fired from the optimum position on Earth's surface, considerably increasing payload capacity and reducing launch costs compared to land–based system. The Sea Launch consortium of four companies from the United States, Russia, Ukraine and Norway, was established in 1995 and their first rocket was launched in March 1999. All launch equipment is provided by Russians. The company filed for bankrupcy in June, 2009 and hopes to exit later this summer. A plan of reorganization was filed with the court May 12, 2010 and involves selling 85% of the company to an affiliate of RSC (Rocket Space Company) called Energia Overseas, Ltd. The other 15% of the company will be owned by a group of unsecured creditors. (Photo by Gary Friedman/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
The Sea Lanch Commander, pictured at left in Long Beach on May 19, 2010, is the assembly and comman
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