Sea Launch rocket company returns to service (BBC)

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By Jonathan Amos
Science correspondent, BBC News

Sea Launch, the rocket company that operates from a converted oil rig in the Pacific, has returned to flight.

Saturday saw the firm put up its first satellite payload since emerging from bankruptcy protection last year.

The passenger spacecraft, owned by Eutelsat, will beam TV stations into the Middle East and North Africa.

Sea Launch experienced a spectacular rocket failure on the rig in 2007, and was forced to restructure its finances as orders slowed and debts mounted.

The new business was now in a much better position to compete with other rocket operators, said company president Kjell Karlsen.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15034079

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1. They did the post explosion repairs at a shipyard 4 blocks from my house.

That thing was massive.