The unique structure was almost decommissioned in August 2020. Now, the government is suddenly pumping billions into it!
The ‘Morskoy Start’ (aka ‘Sea Launch’) floating cosmodrome has been a source of pride and hope for the country, ever since it passed into private hands. First of all, it was the first cosmodrome that did not belong to the state – as well as Russia’s only privately-owned “heavy” cosmonautics project; secondly, Russia really had to fight for it; and thirdly, no one else had one like it.
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