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The satellite launch system “Sea Launch” is moored in the Long Beach Harbor, Long Beach, California.
Satellites are launched from the “Odyssey Launch Platform”, a semi-submersible former oil rig, after it has been towed out to the equator. The platform is accompanied by “Sea Launch Commander”, the Scottish-built ship moored just to east, which provides mission control and crew accomodation.
For more on Sea Launch see the official site.
Thanks: Luke Crook, Mikhail & Monkey
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very cool, I’d seen this in the Long Beach Harbor images but didn’t realize that it was Sea Launch. thanks!