SES New Skies Satellite Destroyed as Rocket Explodes on Liftoff
An AP newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:
A rocket carrying a commercial communications satellite exploded Tuesday during launch from an oceangoing platform in the equatorial Pacific.More here.
“There was an explosion as we were lifting off,” said Paula Korn, a spokeswoman for Sea Launch Co., which was launching The Boeing Co.-built NSS-8 satellite for Netherlands-based SES New Skies.
posted by Fergie @ 1/30/2007 07:42:00 PM
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