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In May 2022, the charitable organization “Space Ukraine Charitable Fund” was established, the primary trade union organization of PIVDENMASH was one of the founders.   The main purpose of the established charitable organization is to carry out charitable activities with the aim of providing assistance to promote the legitimate interests of persons in difficult life […]

On February 19, at 7:39 pm Kyiv time, another successful launch of the Antares launch vehicle from the Wallops Flight Facility (Virginia) took place.   This is the seventeenth mission (NG-17) during the project’s existence. Traditionally, each mission is dedicated to a person who has made a significant contribution to manned spaceflights. This time, the […]

From November 18 to 20, 2021, the delegation of YUZHMASH led by the First Deputy General Director Konstantin Zavgorodny took part in a number of events related to the beginning of the practical implementation of the Ukrainian-Canadian project “Cyclone-4M”.   Except YUZHMASH the Ukrainian side of the project was represented by the delegations of the […]

Today, November 16, at 11:27 Kyiv time, a successful launch of the light class launch vehicle “Vega” took place from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana.   As part of the Vega Flight VV20 mission, three French electronic reconnaissance satellites “CERES” were launched by a light class launch vehicle.   The CERES 1, 2 and […]

Today on the 3 September, at 4:59 Kyiv time, the first test launch of the light launch vehicle Alpha took place from the launch pad at the US Vandenberg Space Force Base, located in Santa Barbara County, California.   The launch vehicle exceeded the speed of sound and overcame the moment of greatest aerodynamic drag […]

Today, August 17, at 04:47 Kyiv time, a successful launch of the Vega light class launch vehicle took place from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana.   As part of the VV19 mission, the Pleiades Neo 4 spacecraft weighing about 920 kg was launched by the launch vehicle. The satellite was launched by order of […]

Today, on August 11, at 1:01 a.m. Kyiv time, another successful launch of the Antares launch vehicle from the Wallops Cosmodrome (Virginia) took place.   This time, the NG-16 mission’s Cygnus spacecraft is named after Ellison Onizuka, the first American Asian astronaut, who died during the Shuttle Challenger launch.   The NG-16 mission is being […]

Yesterday, the tenth of August, a dimensional and docking model of the first stage of the medium-range launch vehicle “Beta” was sent to the customer.   The model was made at YUZHMASH under a contract with FireFly Aerospace, Inc. and in accordance with its design documentation. The product will simulate the docking of two to […]

On the thirtieth of July, YUZHMASH was visited by a delegation from the FireFly company, USA, consisting of Russell Shea Ferring, Senior Vice President of Spacecraft, and engineer Roman Lukavsky.   The guests got acquainted with the shop of the main assembly of launch vehicles, where they inspected samples of rocket and space technology.   […]