A decade ago, Russian airline group S7 bet on a floating spaceport to break into the commercial launch market. Yet Sea Launch hasn’t launched a rocket in more than 12 years.
On September 27, 2016, exactly 10 years ago, S7 struck one of the most ambitious deals in Russian spaceflight: the purchase of Sea Launch, a floating spaceport designed to send commercial payloads into space from the Pacific Ocean. S7 Group had ambitious plans to capture the commercial launch market, and its CEO, Vladislav Filyov, drew comparisons to Elon Musk. Science communicator Vitaly Yegorov…
Exactly ten years ago, Russian airline conglomerate S7 entered a significant agreement that would shape Russian spaceflight: the acquisition of Sea Launch, a floating spaceport meant to launch commercial satellites from the Pacific Ocean. The ambitious deal was spearheaded by S7's CEO, Vladislav Filyov, who drew parallels to Elon Musk's ventures. However, a decade later, Sea Launch remains dormant at a dock in Russia's Primorye region, never having launched a rocket in over a dozen years.
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