Ukrainian aerospace industry Archives

President Zelenskyy of Ukraine (left0 and Virgin Garoup founder Richard Branson (right) during their meeting in Kyiv in June 2022 . Photo: President.gov.ua

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Billionaire Branson pledges to help rebuild Ukraine’s aerospace industry post-war

British Billionaire Branson commits to collaborate with Zelenskyy administration on eventually restoring Ukraine's aerospace manufacturing devastated by Russia's invasion.

byYuri Zoria

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SpaceX launches Ukrainian satellite Sich-2-30 into orbit

The 29-minute launch window opens at 10:25 a.m. EST (15:25 UTC or 17:25 Kyiv Time). If everything goes…

byYuri Zoria

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How Ukraine wants to make its space industry great again

Four Ukrainian rocket scientists (three of whom survived Soviet repressions) It is telling that all of the top-four…

byYuri Zoria

A Ukrainian Zenit-3SL rocket being launched from the ocean platform of the Sea Launch international space consortium at 01:16:01 on 20 April 2009 (Photo by Steve Jurvetson via Wikimedia Commons)

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Revival of Ukrainian space sector: A viable new prospect?

On March 12, the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration hosted a retreat session of the Ukrainian parliament’s Committee on…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

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Kyiv Polytechnic Institute to design and market satellites with energy NGO

According to the Institute’s press release, the organizations intend to “implement projects for designing and manufacturing of space-oriented products beneficial to…

byYuri Zoria

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Science and Innovation

UK-Ukrainian satellite launch vehicle developer Skyrora to test its first rocket in 2018

First, the suborbital vehicle Skyrora-1 is planned to blast off in the fourth quarter of 2018 from the launch facility…

byYuri Zoria

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The first and only astronaut of independent Ukraine passes away at 67: a reflection on the career of Leonid Kadeniuk

Fulfilling a childhood dream, Leonid Kadeniuk got his name into the history books of Ukrainian Astronautics. Ever since…

byUA TV

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“Unprofessional slander.” Ukrainian rocket experts slam NYT accusations of North Korean leak

On 14 August 2017, the New York Times published an article by Pulitzer winning journalists William Broad and…

byAlya Shandra

A state media image of North Korea's missile launch in May 2017.

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Problems with the NYT article on Ukrainian rocket engines in North Korea – a detailed analysis

On Monday, August 14th, the American edition of The New York Times published an article stating that North…

byAIN.UA

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Canada’s first spaceport will launch Ukrainian rockets

Halifax-based Maritime Launch Services has confirmed its plans to build a $148-million rocket spaceport near Canso, Nova Scotia.…

byEuromaidan Press Staff

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Dnipro will not let Ukraine’s space glory be forgotten

The city of Dnipro is located on the banks of the Dnipro river, and seems to be an…

byOlena Makarenko

The Ukrainian rocket Zenit-3SL is operated as a part the a space-rocket complex of the Sea Launch international consortium.

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Science and Innovation

Top-10 space achievements of independent Ukraine

Ukraine can rightly be regarded as an space power, despite the fact that, since its independence from the…

byAIN.UA

The team of the MarsHopper Project, winners of the 2016 People's Choice Award in NASA's Space Apps Challenge (Image: AIN.ua)

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Ukrainian MarsHopper won NASA Space Apps Challenge

The Ukrainian team became the winner of the People’s Choice Award in NASA’s Space Apps Challenge informs the…

byVarious internet sources

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United States and EU continue co-operation with Russia in space and missile industries

The United States, EU and Russia are interdependent and interlinked in the space industry, and appear unlikely to…

byVitalii Usenko

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Ukrainian Zenit-3SL Rocket Successfully Launches the EUTELSAT 3B Spacecraft

by Vitalii Usenko and Dmytro Usenko NYON, Switzerland, May 27, 2014. Today, the Sea Launch SA has successfully…

byVitalii Usenko