ROCKET LAUNCHES FROM AN OLD OIL PLATFORM
Imagine a derelict oil platform from the North Sea rescued by a Norwegian company and retrofitted into a semi-submersible, self-propelled floating launchpad that can be positioned for launch in almost any water in the world. Add rockets built by Ukrainian and Russian companies that were once designed to carry nuclear weapons, but are now perfect carriers for communications satellites.
BAD DAY AT WORK
Or when the rocket blows up and destroys a multimillion dollar communications satellite