Sea Launch… The Pieces Are Coming Together (Launch)

[SatNews] Crucial hardware is en route to the Company’s home port facilities…

Sea Launch has resumed shipments of Zenit-3SL hardware in preparation for its return to launch operations in the third quarter of 2011. The two-stage Zenit-2S booster, manufactured by PO Yuzhmash of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine ,and the Block-DM-SL manufactured by OAO Rocket and Space Corporation Energia of Moscow, Russian Federation, departed the Port of Oktyabrsky on May 31, 2011, for transit to Sea Launch Home Port facilities in Long Beach, California where launch vehicle integration and combined operations take place. Production oversight for the Zenit-3SL vehicle is carried out by Energia Logistics, with facilities in Moscow (“ELRF”) and Long Beach, California (“ELUS”). Energia Logistics’ responsibilities focus on closely monitoring hardware production schedules with regular visits to contractor and subcontractor facilities alongside Sea Launch customers to verify and assure on-time delivery and performance. “Sea Launch has ten Zenit-3SL’s on order, covering requirements for missions # 31 through # 40 which will satisfy existing and future customer requirements for launches through the end of 2013” said Kjell Karlsen, President of Sea Launch. “We are very pleased with having achieved yet another important milestone towards the resumption of launch operations later this year”.