Launch sites, On planet Earth |
Launch sites, On planet Earth |
Nov 22 2007, 08:18 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2920 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
I didn't realize that so many changes were even envisioned.
Launch sites in the near futur : From space.com:New launch base in Russia in Amur region due to enter service in 2018 : http://www.space.com/news/071121-new-russian-cosmodrome.html From Aviation week nov 5 th 2007 issue page 30 : new launch base in China at Wenchang on the Hainan Island due in 2013 (no link to article) From CSG (Centre Spatila Guyanais):Soyuz 2 due to be launched from Kourou next year (in french) : http://www.cnes.fr/web/4019-le-projet-soyouz.php I didn't find a topic here on UMSF regarding launch sites. If there's one, thanks to move this post to the proper section. If not, we can may be discuss about past, actual and future launch sites of planet Earth. -------------------- |
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Nov 23 2007, 05:02 PM
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A long time ago I read about a concept by Boeing to launch rockets (presumably small ones) off old oil-rigs. It was called Sealaunch and would take advantage of launching straight off the equator. It never got built. Anyone know what happened to the idea?
Europe's old empires are proving useful in a new way. We all know ESA's launch pad is in French Guiana which is considerably closer to the equator than Cape Canaveral. |
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