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Ukraine's already-strong space industry could get a big boost.
Ukraine began its gradual EU integration in 2014 when it signed its Association Agreement with the bloc. Implementing the terms of the Association Agreement improved business conditions for the Ukrainian space industry.
Space entrepreneurship started moving toward the private sector, and young startups appeared on the scene.. Volodymyr Taftay, the head of Ukraine's State Space Agency, is also convinced that Ukraine can enter ESA. Thus, this past autumn, the State Space Agency presented its plans to make Ukraine's accession a reality. "We have a roadmap for accession and are working closely with the European Space Agency," Taftay said., a NASA-led lunar exploration and development program that is getting much attention from ESA. Ukraine's participation in the program will allow it to help develop technologies that can be used to create a lunar settlement.What are Ukrainian space companies bringing to the world? Ukrainian space production plays a crucial role in the world market. Since 1950, when the state manufacturing enterprises Yuzhnoye and Yuzhmash were founded, Ukraine has been an important manufacturer of launch vehicles, rocket engines and space equipment.and the engines for Europe's Vega rocket. The company also will build the Cyclone-4M launch vehicle to be operated from a spaceport in Canada. In August 2021, Yuzhmash sent to the United States a dimensional docking model of the first stage of the Beta rocket by. In January, Ukraine deployed a satellite called Sich-2-30. Seven more Ukrainian satellites are planned for launch over the next five years, one of which was developed by students at the Ihor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. The European Space Agency has also shown interest in a membraneless electric imager produced by Yuzhnoye. This device will be helpful in lunar expeditions.Promin AerospaceFounded in 2016, SETS develops electric rocket propulsion systems and spacecraft subsystems. In 2018, the company received the Quality Label for Horizon 2020. Promin Aerospace is developing an ultralight launch vehicle to launch nano and pico satellites into orbit, while Flight Control Propulsion is developing rocket engines and other high-tech rocket equipment.
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