The starting platform« Odyssey »(left) and the command ship« Sea Launch Commander »project “Sea Launch”, 2010
Co-owner of S7 airlines Vladislav Filev showed interest in the project floating cosmodrome on Christmas island in the Pacific Ocean. He has already agreed a deal with the Russian Space Agency, announced the sale of the project “Sea Launch»
According to “Kommersant” newspaper, in recent months, interest in the project launch site in the Pacific expressed co-owner of the airline S7 Vladislav Filev. According to the newspaper, referring to the top managers of enterprises of space industry, co-owner of S7 and Roscosmos have agreed on all the parameters of the deal.
It is assumed that it will be closed in May, and the owner of the cosmodrome “Energy” to sell the entire property complex without existing debt.
Opening the parameters of the deal were not interlocutors of the newspaper, but noted that “the investor will pay billions of rubles.” Under S7 declined to comment.
The head of Roskosmos, Igor Komarov told reporters that the project “Sea Launch” sold, giving in this case called the investor and the amount of the contract.
Earlier on Wednesday, a source TASS in the space industry said that the project “Sea Launch” found a buyer and paperwork can be completed in the coming days. For information about the investor the spokesman refused to disclose, citing the agreement on trade secrets.
The international consortium “Sea Launch” was created in 1995 for commercial launch vehicles from the Pacific Ocean. After the reorganization in 2010, 95% of the shares of the consortium got the “daughter” RSC “Energy”, 3% – the American Boeing and 2% -. Norwegian Aker Solutions
In 2014, the project was shelved due to the events in Ukraine however, Russian authorities admitted defrosting project. In early 2015 it was reported that used in the “Sea Launch” Ukrainian rocket “Zenith” will replace the Russian “Angara».
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