Sea Launch Returns To Flight After Two-Year Hiatus

Sea Launch AG lofted Eutelsat’s Atlantic Bird-7 satellite to orbit atop a Zenit-3SL rocket from a floating platform in the Pacific Ocean Sept. 24, the first launch for the Bern, Switzerland-based company since it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in June 2009. The rocket delivered the EADS...

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