Deputy Minister of Defense Kateryna Chernogorenko presented the Ministry of Defense’s roadmap for the development of Ukraine’s space industry. It is divided into three stages of task implementation and covers the next 10 years.
Deputy Minister of Defense Kateryna Chernogorenko presented the Ministry of Defense’s roadmap for the development of Ukraine’s space industry. It is divided into three stages of task implementation and covers the next 10 years.
The presentation took place at the Space For Ukraine forum, AIN.UA reports.
«We want all innovators, engineers who are thinking about how to develop space technologies, to know the contacts, understand the entry points to interact with us. The Directorate is a coordination center, a center for generating meanings and generating policies,» the Deputy Minister of Defense explained.
The roadmap includes three stages:
According to Kateryna Chernogorenko, the Ministry of Defense will make efforts to ensure that the space direction does not «choke» in two years. According to her, it is important that the project lasts for decades, because these are «long programs that need to be implemented.»
The development of the space industry should give Ukraine independence and autonomy in matters of intelligence, navigation, tracking, space control, warning of enemy missile attacks, environmental monitoring, as well as the launch and operation of satellites.
It was previously reported that the American aerospace company Maxar Technologies had deprived Ukrainian users of free access to its satellite imagery. Subsequently, Maxar restored free access to satellite imagery for Ukraine as part of the US government’s Global Enhanced GEOINT Delivery (GEGD) program.
Currently, Ukraine has only one satellite, while Russia has about 200, according to estimates by the Ministry of Defense.
According to the Deputy Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine, Hanna Gvozdiar, the acquisition of the «people’s satellite» was an extraordinary experience for Ukraine and a «good start» for its space industry.
«Independence was our main goal when we bought the first satellite. This small independence [in intelligence] allowed us to work on certain operations that we were able to prepare on our own», — Gvozdiar noted.
Recall that earlier Kateryna Chernogorenko announced the start of work of the Space Policy Department. According to her, it will create a legislative framework, be a center for technical expertise, and become a coordinator between all participants in the industry: engineers, innovators, developers, state institutions, and the scientific community.
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