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06
December
2021

Ukraine sends satellite to U.S. launch site

KYIV. Dec 6 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukraine has completed customs formalities and sent the Sich-2-30 satellite to the United States from where it will be put into orbit in January 2022, the Dnipro customs press service said on Monday.

"Customs formalities have been completed, and the Ukrainian satellite Sich-2-30 has been sent to the United States on schedule," the customs said in a statement published on Facebook.

The satellite will be prepared for launch in the United States, it said.

Ukrainian State Space Agency head Volodymyr Taftay said earlier that the Sich-2-30 satellite had successfully passed trials and was ready for transportation to the Space Center on Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. The launch is scheduled to take place on January 10, 2022.