Yuzhnoye State Design Office concluded a launch services contract with Dutch ISILAUNCH to orbit the Ukrainian spacecraft Sich-2-1.

Ukrainian Earth remote sensing satellite Sich-2-1 is scheduled for launch onboard Falcon-9 rocket in the SpaceX rideshare mission.

Contract stipulates provision of full range of Sich-2-1/Falcon-9 integration activities, including provision of the required hardware, mission management and launch.

Yuzhnoye SDO is finalizing the development of Sich-2-30 spacecraft according to the approved Master space system development schedule. Satellite ground segment is being developed jointly with the National Space Facilities Control and Test Center.

As Oleh Urusky, Vice-President of Ukraine – Minister for Strategic Industries, put it: «Orbiting Sich-2-30 is the first step on the road to implementation of plans, specified, in particular, in the draft of the 2021-2025 National special-purpose scientific and technical space program of Ukraine, which stipulates the development of the national space constellation of at least seven satellites».

«I believe in ambitious plans of Ukraine and will make all the efforts to implement them successfully», – mentioned Oleh Urusky.