German sea-launch rocket project looks beyond North Sea

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2026-07-15

Bremen, Germany (dpa) - Plans to launch a German rocket from a floating offshore platform are expanding beyond the North Sea, with additional potential launch sites under consideration, aerospace company OHB said on Wednesday. "The whole of the Atlantic is certainly being considered," OHB chief executive Marco Fuchs told reporters, adding that a launch near the equator was also a possibility. Satellite maker OHB was a member of the German Offshor......

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