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S7's Sea Launch spaceport sits idle a decade after purchase
Original: 📰 A decade ago, Russian airline group S7 bet on a floating spaceport to break into the commercial launch market. Yet Sea
Russian airline group S7 bought the Sea Launch floating spaceport roughly a decade ago with plans to break into the commercial satellite launch market. The platform, which operated from the Pacific and historically launched Zenit rockets, has not carried out a launch in more than 12 years. Meduza's new feature examines why the ambitious bet never delivered and what state the project is in now.
Why now: Meduza has published a new feature revisiting the failed S7 space venture, prompting fresh discussion.
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