Sea Launch orbited

Sea Launch orbited Intelsat's IA-8 communications satellite on June 23, sending the Space Systems/Loral-built spacecraft aloft from its Odyssey floating launch platform at the equator in the Pacific on a Zenit-3SL rocket. The spacecraft will service the Americas, Caribbean, Alaska and Hawaii from an...

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