![Sea Launch “frozen” after ships moved to Russia]()
The two vessels that serve as a floating launch platform and command ship for Sea Launch are now in a Russian port, but the company’s owner says no launches are planned for the foreseeable future.
![S7 closes Sea Launch purchase, future rocket TBD]()
Some 19 months after announcing its intent to buy the assets of Sea Launch, Russian aviation group S7 has closed the purchase.
![Sea Launch CEO Sergey Gugkaev to leave company when S7 purchase closes]()
After steering Sea Launch into the hands of a new owner, chief executive Sergey Gugkaev will leave the company to look for a new role elsewhere in the space industry.
![Zenit rocket launches Angola’s long-awaited first satellite]()
A Zenit rocket, flying for the first time in two years, successfully orbited Angola’s debut satellite Angosat-1 on Dec. 26.
![Zenit Rocket Returns to Flight with Successful Launch of Israeli Satellite]()
Amos-4 prime contractor Israel Aerospace Industries says satellite is healthy in orbit and sending signals.
![Shrugging off Zenit Failure, EchoStar Books Sea Launch for 2015 Mission]()
Sea Launch considers the EchoStar contract a vote of confidence in its launch system.
![Land Launch Zenit Delivers Intelsat Satellite Into Orbit]()
PARIS — A Russian-Ukrainian Zenit-3SLB rocket marketed by Sea Launch Co. successfully placed Intelsat’s IS-15 telecommunications satellite into orbit Dec. 1 in a launch that was made possible by an agreement brokered by the U.S. bankruptcy court handling Sea Launch’s Chapter 11 case.
The largest U.S., Russian and Ukrainian aerospace companies plan to enter the crowded commercial launch market with an upgraded Zenit rocket. The proposed partnership would be led by Boeing Co. of Seattle and include NPO Yushnoye of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, and NPO Energia of Moscow.
