Comments on: Italy to resume use of its San Marco spaceport off the coast of Kenya https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/italy-to-resume-use-of-its-san-marco-spaceport-off-the-coast-of-kenya/ Tue, 26 Nov 2024 21:29:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Doubting Thomas https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/italy-to-resume-use-of-its-san-marco-spaceport-off-the-coast-of-kenya/#comment-1533030 Tue, 26 Nov 2024 21:29:36 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=110175#comment-1533030 Cool!

Long ago and far away we provided Scout launch vehicles to them for launch off their platform. I was a kid engineer and never got to actually go with the big boys to watch the launches.

The Scout program was an amazing SRM powered launch vehicle that as I remember in the base types could put about 250 lbs into orbit.

]]> By: Samuel https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/italy-to-resume-use-of-its-san-marco-spaceport-off-the-coast-of-kenya/#comment-1532923 Mon, 25 Nov 2024 22:12:06 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=110175#comment-1532923 In principal it sounds great. In practice, I would be wary of the threat posed by pirates firing missiles at the complex from Somalia and/or Yemen

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