Ukrkosmos

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Ukrkosmos
Company typeState-owned company
FoundedSeptember 5, 1996;27 years ago (1996-09-05) in Kyiv, Ukraine
Headquarters
Kyiv
,
Ukraine
Key people
Ivan Nazaruk, CEO
Owner Ukraine
Parent State Space Agency of Ukraine
Website www.ukrkosmos.com

Ukrkosmos is a state-owned operator of satellite telecommunication systems in Ukraine, founded in 1996, by the order of the State Space Agency of Ukraine pursuant to the Decree of the President of Ukraine. [1]

Contents

Statutory tasks

Management

From May 1998, the company was headed by Olexander Makarov.

On 10 September 2010, Serhiy Kapshtyk became general director. [2]

The state-owned company “Ukrcosmos” broadcasts programs from state and commercial television channels, as well as Internet broadcasts, via three servers located in London, New York and Kiev. The first communication satellite to be operated by the company, Lybid 1, will be launched into space in 2018. The company will also be operating a new satellite, Lybid 1. [3]

Current CEO is Nazaruk Ivan. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Указ Президента України №698/96 від 12.08.1996 р
  2. "Генеральным директором Государственного предприятия "Укркосмос" назначен Сергей Владимирович Капштык". 2018-08-26. Archived from the original on 2018-08-26. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  3. "Lybid 1". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
  4. "ДЕРЖАВНЕ ПІДПРИЄМСТВО УКРКОСМОС". opendatabot.ua. Retrieved 2020-06-10.