Space Agencies of Ukraine and Canada signed a Memorandum of Understanding
The Memorandum of
Understanding between the State Space
Agency of Ukraine and the
Canadian Space Agency was inked
in the framework
of the Canadian-Ukrainian Round Table on
cooperation in the aerospace sector
in Montreal (Canada). The signing
ceremony was attended by Prime
Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman, who is
on an official
visit to Canada.
The signed document
encapsulates new prospects for mutually
beneficial cooperation between the states
in one of
the most technological spheres of the economy
- in the field of cosmic
exploration.
Commenting on the signing of the
document, Volodymyr Groysman stressed the inked document
opens new opportunities and will become a new
page in the
cooperation of Ukraine and Canada. «It’s a good sign
that today our agencies are
signing such key documents. I will be glad
to welcome our cooperation in the aircraft
construction as well. We can
combine capabilities of Ukraine and
Canada and create a competitive product which could
then be introduced
on the world
market», the Head of Government
claimed.
Background
Ukraine and Canada
are discussing a number of joint
projects. In particular, the construction of the An-132 aircraft (engines supplied by Pratt & Whitney Canada), as well as
the creation of the platform,
which is being built, for
space launches in Nova Scotia,
Canada. The project is planned
to be implemented
by Maritime Launch Services and the SE "Design Bureau "Yuzhnoye" name after Yangel". Apart from that,
a project on cooperation between Canadian and Ukrainian
enterprises concerning the launch of
nanosatellites with the help of
the Microspace-2 aerospace launch system is
being worked out now.