Kiev is preparing to launch its first communication satellite " Lybid ", which is placed in storage in Russia from the Baikonur cosmodrome in 2017, said the national space Agency of Ukraine (GKAU).
"At this point in time the state space Agency of Ukraine carries out the event keeping the launch of the spacecraft" Rus "in 2017", - the news Agency a letter GKAU.



It confirmed that "Lybid" is fully assembled, passed inspection, is placed in maintenance mode within the JSC "Information satellite systems" in Krasnoyarsk and " ready to be shipped to the Baikonur cosmodrome ". In addition, the request is not checked, what will be the actions of Kiev in the future in relation to the fact that the warranty period of storage of the device expires. The delay in the launch of the spacecraft, according to GKAU, linked to the " loss of ground control complex of satellite, created near the town of Evpatoria (Crimea) ". It is emphasized in the Ukrainian Agency also led to a significant increase in the cost of the project because the state enterprise "Ukrkosmos "" on their own, at their own expense, built the ground segment in their territory in the alternative configuration ". Remember, the November 1 print edition of the OPINION reported in detail about the possible launch of Ukrainian satellite " Lybid ".

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