S7 may sell the Sea Launch floating spaceport to one of Rosatom’s subsidiary structures, negotiations are ongoing. This was reported by TASS with a reference to two sources in business circles.

"S7 intends to sell the Odyssey floating platform and the command ship as part of the program for disposing of non-core assets. The most likely buyer is one of Rosatom’s subsidiaries. Negotiations are ongoing," - said the source.

The second source confirmed information about the possible sale of Sea Launch to one of Rosatom’s subsidiaries. He explained that "given the state of the platform and the command ship after the dismantling of the equipment by the American side, and also due to the need to create coastal infrastructure from scratch, the cost of the project is estimated to be extremely high, and the private airline, given the financial losses from the pandemic, simply does not have enough money".

Rosatom did not comment on the information provided by the sources. A request has been sent to S7.

In 2014, the launch activities of the Sea Launch were suspended; in September 2016, the S7 group of companies became the owner of the rocket and space complex. Earlier, S7 Space announced that it would relocate the launch platform and the Sea Launch command ship in 2020 to the Slavic Shipyard, where repairs and reconstruction of the floating spaceport will be carried out. The S7 group of companies owns the assets of the Sea Launch rocket and space complex, within the framework of which 36 launches were carried out by the end of May 2014 (including 32 successful ones).

In spring, the Sea Launch was relocated to the Far East. The assembly and command ship Sea Launch Commander arrived in Primorye on March 17th and moored at the berth of the Slavic Shipyard after customs and sanitary procedures, and the Odyssey launch platform arrived to the port on March 30th.