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Floating launch platform
A
floating
launch platform
is a
mobile
maritime
launch
or
recovery
platform
for
space launch
vehicles
.
There are
currently
three such platform types:
Odyssey
used by
Sea Launch
for equatorial
Pacific Ocean
launches
of the
Zenit-3
rocket
;
Autonomous
spaceport
drone
ships
used by
SpaceX
to
recover
and
reuse
first-stage
boosters
of its
Falcon rocket family
;
Blue Origin landing platform ship
for the
forthcoming
recovery of
New Glenn
first
stages
by
Blue Origin
.