Ukraine's niche in the U.S. launch market: will Kiev's hopes come true?(Ukraine allowed to compete in U.S. space launch market) From: World Affairs | Date: September 22, 1996| Author: Zaborsky, Victor | COPYRIGHT 1996 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The commercial space launch agreement signed between the US and Ukraine on Feb 21, 1996 gives Ukraine's highly regarded missile industry a substantial piece of the US launch market through 2001. Ukraine will participate in up to 20 launches of US commercial payloads during that time. The US decision to allow Ukraine into its domestic market was opposed by American launch firms but supported by American satellite makers. The US policy supports Ukrainian economic reform, provides domestic satel...