[3/23/07] Sea Launch Co. signed an agreement with SES to launch a yet-to-be-determined satellite aboard a Land Launch vehicle in mid-2009, Sea Launch announced March 22.

The new satellite would replace a mission designated for the AMC-21 satellite, which SES Americom moved from Sea Launch to Arianespace following the January failure of a Sea Launch rocket carrying the SES New Skies NSS-8 satellite.