[2] The vessel has accommodations for 68 crew and launch system personnel, including living, dining, medical and recreation facilities.

In September 2016 the platform along with other Sea Launch assets was sold to S7 Group, the parent company of S7 Airlines.

The platform was completed in 1983 for Ocean Drilling & Exploration Company (ODECO) by Sumitomo Heavy Industries.

[1] The ultimate direct cause of the incident was a failure of the subsea wellhead equipment after a prolonged period of well control.

Her availability prompted Boeing to establish the Sea Launch consortium, for which she was bought in 1993 by Kværner Rosenberg of Stavanger, Norway, and renamed LP Odyssey.

From late 1995 to May 1997, Kværner extended the length of the platform and added a pair of support columns and additional propulsion systems.

In May 1997, Ocean Odyssey arrived at Kværner Vyborg Shipyard for the installation of the launch vehicle equipment itself.

[citation needed] By 1999, the vessel was ready for service, and on 27 March 1999, a Zenit-3SL rocket successfully launched a demonstration satellite to a geostationary transfer orbit.

[11][non-primary source needed] On 30 January 2007, a Zenit-3SL carrying the NSS-8 satellite exploded aboard Odyssey at liftoff due to a turbopump malfunction.