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 The Sea Launch Partnership

 
Sea Launch partners and their operational contributions are:
  • Boeing Commercial Space Company, providing the payload fairing, analytical and physical spacecraft integration and mission operations
  • RSC Energia, providing the Block DM-SL upper stage, launch vehicle integration and mission operations
  • SDO Yuzhnoye / PO Yuzhmash, providing the first two Zenit-3SL stages, launch vehicle integration support and mission operations
  • Aker ASA Group - while our Norwegian partner does not provide operational services, its predecessor, Kvaerner AS, provided construction of the Sea Launch Commander and conversion services for the Odyssey Launch Platform (from a North Sea oil rig).

Sea Launch is a limited liability corporation with Headquarters and Home Port facilities in Long Beach, Calif. The company is owned by Boeing of Seattle, Wash. (40%); RSC-Energia of Moscow, Russia (25%); Aker ASA of Oslo, Norway (20%); and SDO Yuzhnoye/PO Yuzhmash of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine (15%). Financing for the venture is provided by these companies and through debt financing arranged by Chase Manhattan Bank in New York.


 Executive Biographies

 
 
  • Dag Fasmer Wittusen, Chairman, Sea Launch Company, LLC
  • Kjell Karlsen, President and General Manager, Sea Launch Company, LLC
  • Brett Carman, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Sea Launch Company, LLC
  • Dan Dubbs, Vice President Launch Operations, Sea Launch Company, LLC
  • Chris O'Connell, Vice President, Contracts, Sea Launch Company, LLC
  • Kirk Pysher, Vice President and Chief Systems Engineer, Sea Launch Company, LLC
  • Peter Stier, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Sea Launch Company, LLC
  • Dennis E. Wiessner, Jr., Vice President and General Counsel, Sea Launch Company, LLC

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