Base: Nimitz Rd., Los Angeles Area, California, U.S.Con., ≈119°w, Earth.. As of 2013[update], she was registered in Liberia.

[citation needed] In the fall of 1997, the ship sailed for Russia, where special equipment for handling rocket components and for commanding and controlling launches was installed and tested.

The ship originally carried colors representing the majority ownership of Sea Launch by a Ukrainian company.

[5][needs update] The ship currently carries colors representing the majority ownership of Sea Launch by a Russian company.

[7] The Assembly and Command Ship—or ACS, and subsequently named Sea Launch Commander—was an all-new, purpose-built vessel that serves as a floating rocket assembly factory while in port, provides crew and customer accommodations and also houses mission control facilities for launches at sea.