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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