BAZ Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 A Ukrainian- Russian Zenith-3Sl rocket carrying a US made communication satellite has failed just after launch in the Pacific Ocean. The rocket was launched from a sea based floating launch pad, and controlled from land. It fell into the Ocean, you wouldn't want to be downrange of them would you. http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/02/sea-launch-zenit-3sl-launch-intelsat-27/ Video http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=30213.msg1007455#msg1007455 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T A WOW Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Oooppssyy daisy. Someone's going to be upset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Should have launched it themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 If only they'd got it the right way round - launch from land - control from sea lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Bad news for Sea Launch, they had only just come back out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Had to smile at the BBC piece on it - they confirmed that "no one was hurt as a result of the incident". Given that it was from an unmanned rig, 6 miles from the support vessel and it flew for 40 seconds over the open Pacific, I think that was more planning than luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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