However, Sea Launch president Rob Peckham recently raised hopes that their return to flight will take place this year, with a projection of two launches in 2007. The investigation will continue, focusing on the exact cause of the failure, which Sea Launch have been silent on since the start of last month. The launch – which will also debut ESPA ring payload adaptor – has been delayed since its initial launch date back in October, but fears that Atlas could suffer an additional delay of many months following the Sea Launch failure have now been dismissed.
The Atlas V uses a RD-180 core stage engine, while the Zenit 3SL utilizes the RD-171, which share commonality via their manufacturer in Russia, NPO Energomash, leading to the initial grounding of the Atlas V. The US Air Force’s Space Test Program-1 (STP-1) will include MidSTAR 1, FalconSat 3, STPSat 1, CFESat, Astro (Autonomous Space Transfer and Robotic Orbiter) and NextSat. The ULA launch from Cape Canaveral is a six satellite mission to be carried by the Atlas V. Section includes previous Sea Launch videos: Sea Launch – XM-4 – Oct 30 and Sea Launch – Koreasat 5 – Aug 22.
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