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Re:SpaceX Starship Super Heavy Project at the Boca Chica Lau... by alooPotato on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @02:35PM (#38016492)
can they do ocean launches?
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Re:SpaceX Starship Super Heavy Project at the Boca Chica Lau... by yardie on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @06:00PM (#38018942)
There was Sealaunch[0] a Russian company. And they had a pretty good track record of launches. But it eventually fell into bankruptcy. At the moment, SpaceX does not have the capability to do ocean launches.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Launch

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Re:SpaceX Starship Super Heavy Project at the Boca Chica Lau... by cmsj on Thursday October 26, 2023 @06:29AM (#38023815)
They had planned to convert old oil rigs into launch platforms, but abandoned the idea earlier this year: https://spacenews.com/spacex-drops-plans-to-covert-oil-rigs-...
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