AsiaSat sign up Sea Launch as SpaceX backup optionNovember 28th, 2012 by Chris BerginAsia Satellite Telecommunications have signed up Sea Launch to provide the backup option of launching “a future AsiaSat satellite” on their Zenit 3SL. Currently, both AsiaSat 6 and 8 are manifested to ride on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 in 2014, meaning the arrangement with Sea Launch will allow for on-time delivery in the event Falcon 9′s schedule becomes too busy.http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/11/asiasat-sign-sea-launch-backup-spacex/
Rumour: I was told that there will be two more Zenit-3SL launches in 2013 after Intelsat 27. Probably in August and November. Satellites will be transferred from Proton-M rockets.
Quote from: anik on 01/24/2013 08:09 amRumour: I was told that there will be two more Zenit-3SL launches in 2013 after Intelsat 27. Probably in August and November. Satellites will be transferred from Proton-M rockets.heard same thing with additional info that they will use backlogged Zenit's that are in storage. I cannot confirm as I have not found this anywhere else.
I hope its the right place to post this:http://izvestia.ru/news/544220Google translate doesn't make much sense so can anyone who understands Russian clarify this? Is V. Lapota asking Roscosmos to buy/bail out sea launch?
The Government does not see the need to buy out the project "Sea Launch"
- How true appeared in the media about the possible purchase of "Sea Launch" state?[ Lopota: ]Such statements that are attributed to me, do not. The fact that it is widely discussed in the press can be attributed to the conductors of unfair competition within the country. At a meeting in RSC "Energia", which is held in January Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin noted that the project "Sea Launch" - for now the only real project using technology that will allow our country in a reasonably short period of time and in an acceptable state for funding create a super-heavy carrier is required to address future challenges of research and exploration of deep space (Moon, Mars, asteroids, and so on). These technologies already have the necessary flight availability and can be incorporated in the next generation of promising for Russian launch vehicles.Due to a number of publications, which distort the true state of work on "Sea Launch" in the Russian press, the company "Boeing" went to court in California. In this situation dealt with lawyers.