KYIV, Jan 16 – Ukraine’s space rocket maker Pivdenmash expects the program on commercial launches using the Zenit launch vehicle under the Sea Launch international project will be resumed and the company is waiting for a new order to produce the Zenit launch vehicle early 2018.

"In April 2017, a contract was signed between S7 Sea Launch Limited and Pivdenmash for the manufacture of twelve Zenit launch vehicles, which already has an order for the production of two products with a delivery period in 2018. An additional order for three products is expected in February 2018," the company said on its website.