Boeing kicks off Sea Launch with 10-rocket Hughes deal

Boeing plans to fly its first Sea Launch booster in the second quarter of 1998 from a converted oil platform in the Christmas Islands of Kirimati, 800 miles southeast of Hawaii, with a Hughes satellite aboard. The two U.S. companies announced a five-year, 10-launch deal yesterday that gives the U.S...

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