Re:SpaceX's Texas Rocket Is Going to Cause a Lot More Damage...
by kevviiinn on Monday April 17, 2023 @07:56AM
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That article doesn't seem to mention any reasons not to launch at sea and goes on to state:
>The concept of sea launch has been used successfully before, and it makes commercial sense for some applications. Orbital launch trajectories are affected by location, and a sea-based launch allows the operator to pick the site to maximize efficiency and payload. The space company Sea Launch used a secondhand MODU to launch Ukrainian-built Zenit rockets for 15 years.
Re:SpaceX's Texas Rocket Is Going to Cause a Lot More Damage...
by prepend on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @06:53AM
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So what else did you find? What do you think are the reasons that SpaceX and other launch centers (NASA, roscosmos, cnsa) use ground based launches instead of offshore?
>The concept of sea launch has been used successfully before, and it makes commercial sense for some applications. Orbital launch trajectories are affected by location, and a sea-based launch allows the operator to pick the site to maximize efficiency and payload. The space company Sea Launch used a secondhand MODU to launch Ukrainian-built Zenit rockets for 15 years.