Reprise de vols de Zenit tirés de SEA-LAUNCH ... crédible ou pas ?

04.09.2013 After the successful launch of "Zenit" LV Israeli customer expressed his willingness to order a few more starts

Following the recent successful launch from Baikonur rocket "Zenit-3SL ¡" with the Israeli communications satellite Amos-4 new prospects opening up for the programs "Land Launch" and Sea Launch, "said Wednesday," Interfax-AVN, "President and General Designer of Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Vitaly Lopota.

"Israeli customers are very satisfied with the launch of a spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the launch vehicle" Zenit "by the" Land Launch. "They expressed their willingness to order a few more launches of their spacecraft program" Sea Launch "and" Land Launch "- he said.

In these two programs to which the RSC is used rocket "Zenit" in different versions. According to the program, "Land Launch" launches performed from Baikonur, only missed 6 starts. According to the program, "Sea Launch" launches performed from a floating launch site of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Achieved 35 starts, 33 of them were successful.

"Performed September 1 launch of" Zenith "by the" Ground Launch "opened the way for the resumption of the program starts and" Sea Launch "interrupted after the accident media on February 1," - said in turn a source in the Russian space industry.
He recalled that "the formation of orders" Land Launch "comes through" Sea Launch ".

9/7/2013 Sea Launch has signed a new contract to launch a satellite in 2016

The company Sea Launch AG has signed a new contract to launch a satellite launch services the customer has not yet announced, is scheduled for launch in 2016 and will be produced by rocket-space complex "Sea Launch" using rocket "Zenit-3SL" from a floating launch platform Odyssey ( "Odyssey") in the Pacific, the company said.

"For reasons of compliance with its strategic interests in the conduct of business, the customer of the start-up has expressed a desire to remain anonymous while. Sea Launch expects the notification of termination of the existing limitations of the customer, the company and the customer will make a joint declaration", - the report says.

Earlier, President - General Designer of RSC "Energia" (corporation was originally the initiator of the project launches, "Zenit-3SL" from a floating platform Odyssey) Vitaly Lopota reported that the company has orders for nine runs, "Zenith" in the framework of the project "Sea Launch". According to him, next year plans to launch four in 2015 - five, RIA Novosti reported.

patchfree a écrit:Sealaunch vient de signer un nouveau contrat pour un lancement d'un satellite en 2016. Néanmoins le client souhaite pour l'instant garder l'anonymat qui sera levé plus tard.

Sea Launch has signed a new contract to launch a satellite in 2016
06.09.2013 16:41
Earlier, President - General Designer of RSC "Energia" (corporation was originally the initiator of the project launches, "Zenit-3SL" from a floating platform Odyssey) Vitaly Lopota reported that the company has orders for nine runs, "Zenith" in the framework of the project "Sea Launch".

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MarsSurfaceWanderer a écrit:

patchfree a écrit:Sealaunch vient de signer un nouveau contrat pour un lancement d'un satellite en 2016. Néanmoins le client souhaite pour l'instant garder l'anonymat qui sera levé plus tard.

Le désir d'anonymat est fréquemment rencontré, mais quel est l'intérêt stratégique d'une telle manœuvre ?