After the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine inherited approximately one-third of the potential of the Soviet space industry, which during the existence of the Soviet Union was essentially related to the military sector. The end of the Cold War confrontation resulted in the cancelling of orders for services and products from space industry offices. After years of stagnation, the failed projects as Sea Launch or Cyclone 4M and the challenges of the crisis in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian space industry is back on the right path. The launch of the Sich satellite in January 2022 into orbit, as well as the return to the Cyclone program in cooperation with Canada is a major shift in the dynamics of the ambitious Ukrainian space program.
KBN Analysis no. 4 (99) / 2022
27 January 2022
After the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine inherited approximately one-third of the potential of the Soviet space industry, which during the existence of the Soviet Union was essentially related to the military sector. The end of the Cold War confrontation resulted in the cancelling of orders for services and products from space industry offices. After years of stagnation, the failed projects as Sea Launch or Cyclone 4M and the challenges of the crisis in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian space industry is back on the right path. The launch of the Sich satellite in January 2022 into orbit, as well as the return to the Cyclone program in cooperation with Canada is a major shift in the dynamics of the ambitious Ukrainian space program.
In the photo: The Sich-2-30 satellite. Source: Kyiv Post.
