Moscow. April 10. INTERFAX-The Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure (CENKI) has previously worked out the appearance of the ground-based infrastructure necessary for the operation of the Sea Launch cosmodrome.
"The specialists of TSENKI JSC have completed preliminary work on the appearance of the coastal segment necessary for the operation of the Sea Launch cosmodrome, "said TSENKI General Director Ruslan Mukhamedzhanov on Saturday in the program" Big Space "of the Roscosmos - TV channel.
In 2018, the Sea Launch platform was acquired by S7 Group. The holding company acquired the Sea Launch Commander ship, the Odyssey platform with the rocket segment equipment installed on them, the ground equipment at the base port of Long Beach (USA) and the intellectual rights owned by Sea Launch, including the trademark.
It is planned to create a Soyuz-7 launch vehicle for launching from the cosmodrome.
In July 2020, the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said that the state corporation will develop a launch vehicle for launches from Sea Launch based on the Soyuz-5 rocket, which will be ready by 2023. According to him, the specialists of the state corporation examined the Sea Launch, visited the command ship and the Odyssey launch platform, and were convinced of their satisfactory condition.
On September 12, 2020, Rogozin said that he expects to start upgrading the Sea Launch floating rocket launch platform in two months.
On August 25 of the same year, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said that the Sea Launch platform could be fully restored at the turn of 2023-2024. "This includes the restoration of the Sea Launch itself, the creation of a new Soyuz-5 carrier, and the creation of the operator itself. If all these components come together, I think that at the turn of 2023-2024, we will get a new floating spaceport and will be able to carry out competitive launches, " Borisov said.
