Floating launch platform
Floating launch platform is a mobile maritime launch platform for spacecraft launch.
There are only two such platforms:
- Odyssey used by Sea Launch company for equatorial Pacific Ocean launches.
- Autonomous spaceport drone ship used by company SpaceX for reusable orbital Atlantic Ocean launches.
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