{"id":49444,"date":"2025-03-28T20:29:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T12:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/ukraines-space-industry-and-its-allies-integrate-lessons-from-3-years-of-vicious-war\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T20:29:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T12:29:23","slug":"ukraines-space-industry-and-its-allies-integrate-lessons-from-3-years-of-vicious-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/ukraines-space-industry-and-its-allies-integrate-lessons-from-3-years-of-vicious-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine\u2019s Space Industry and its Allies Integrate Lessons from 3 Years of Vicious War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Home-assembled made-in-China $300 Mavic drones laden with grenades have become the symbol of Ukraine\u2019s ingenious fight to maintain independence from its eastern neighbor. The bloody war, which has to-date killed over 12,000 Ukrainian civilians and at least 43,000 soldiers, has produced impressive advances in drone warfare and spawned a home-grown innovation ecosystem that has positioned Ukraine as a potential disruptor of the global defense sector.<\/p>\n<p>Home-assembled made-in-China $300 Mavic drones laden with grenades have become the symbol of Ukraine\u2019s ingenious fight to maintain independence from its eastern neighbor. The bloody war, which has to-date killed over 12,000 Ukrainian civilians and at least 43,000 soldiers, has produced impressive advances in drone warfare and spawned a home-grown innovation ecosystem that has positioned Ukraine as a potential disruptor of the global defense sector.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TxyAGupHSTWDq1iNVMSA_VS_04_050125_DGTL_1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 120px; height: auto;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TxyAGupHSTWDq1iNVMSA_VS_04_050125_DGTL_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TxyAGupHSTWDq1iNVMSA_VS_04_050125_DGTL_1-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TxyAGupHSTWDq1iNVMSA_VS_04_050125_DGTL_1-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TxyAGupHSTWDq1iNVMSA_VS_04_050125_DGTL_1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fs-5 mt-0\">Explore the April\/May 2025 Issue<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-0 fs-smaller text-balance\">Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-primary\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"offcanvas\" data-bs-target=\"#offcanvasMENU\" aria-controls=\"offcanvasExample\" aria-label=\"button\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tView More <i class=\"bi bi-arrow-right-circle\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian war has also been the first major conflict observed nearly in real time from space. In that domain, however, Ukraine needed much more support from its western allies. Far away from the battlefields of Donbas, in comfortable offices in western Europe and North America, Earth Observation (EO) companies supplying Ukraine\u2019s forces with intelligence are finding themselves under constant pressure to deliver more, better and faster to help the post-Soviet republic keep up with Russia\u2019s advances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt challenges us a lot on a few different levels,\u201d Peter Wilczynski, chief product officer at Maxar Technologies, tells <em class=\"Annotation -emphasis\">Via Satellite<\/em>. \u201cIt shifted our mission from a company founded to map the world to one mapping a battle space that is changing very rapidly. We needed to be able to push our images to where change is happening and getting images down more quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>With a Little Help<\/h3>\n<p>Maxar was among the companies whose images first alerted the world to the alarming accumulation of Russian troops and military technology along Ukraine\u2019s eastern borders in the weeks leading up to the February 2022 invasion.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6804c0a923d;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6804c0a923d = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6804c0a923e').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6804c0a923e'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Maxar\u2019s satellites showed the world in near real time as a 40-mile-long convoy of Russian tanks and armored vehicles drew close to Ukraine\u2019s capital Kyiv just a few days after the invasion. Ever since, companies like Maxar have been providing priceless insights to Ukraine\u2019s defense forces who otherwise would have been blind to the enemy\u2019s movements.<\/p>\n<p>Despite its rich heritage of Soviet-era rocketry, Ukraine has launched only two Earth observing satellites since its liberation from the USSR in 1991 \u2014 the second of these satellites, the 170-kilogram Sich-2-30, reached space just a few weeks before the invasion.<\/p>\n<p>Russia on the contrary, had an estimated 16 military reconnaissance satellites in space at the onset of the war and is believed to have launched further spacecraft since.<\/p>\n<p>Through the cooperation with western companies, Ukraine has gained access to hundreds of EO satellites. The constant stream of data the commanders benefit from includes high-resolution views in visible light as well as synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery that reveals the situation on the ground in darkness and through the cloud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve evolved our capabilities significantly through our support of Ukrainian partners,\u201d John Cartwright, head of data product at SAR satellite company Iceye, tells <em class=\"Annotation -emphasis\">Via Satellite<\/em>. \u201cThe requirements at the beginning of the war have evolved significantly relative to where we are today. We have developed new products and new capabilities in response to their feedback. We had to develop a capability to deliver imagery very rapidly so that they can use it for tactical decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In March last year, Iceye released a product called Dwell, which detects military equipment hidden under tree canopy. The product, Cartwright says, was developed to answer the need from the field. A recently announced partnership with Polish AI analytics firm Satim will enable automatic detection and classification of military objects in Iceye\u2019s images, expediting the insight gathering process by Ukraine\u2019s defenders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe system will be able to look at an object and say \u2014 this is a TU95, or this is a tank,\u201d says Cartwright. \u201cIf the image is not good enough to provide the classification, we can still provide automated detection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SAR data has been so useful to Ukraine\u2019s defenders that the country purchased exclusive access to one of Iceye\u2019s satellites using money donated in a crowd-funded campaign in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>This set-up, according to Cartwright, is an example of innovative approaches to products and business models that sprung up from the pressures of serving a nation at war.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6804c0a99c9;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6804c0a99c9 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6804c0a99cb').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6804c0a99cb'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the traditional satellite imagery procurement model, customers have to compete for priority on the provider\u2019s assets,\u201d Cartwright says. \u201cIn a situation like we have in Ukraine, where our customer is fighting a hot war, that\u2019s insufficient. As a result, the customer sought a different business model with us, under which we developed the idea of a dedicated satellite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine still benefits from data gathered by the 44 satellites of Iceye\u2019s fleet providing dozens of revisit opportunities every day, according to Cartwright.<\/p>\n<h3>From Weeks and Days to Hours and Minutes<\/h3>\n<p>Maxar\u2019s Wilczynski points out the war highlighted the need for advanced AI-driven data analytics algorithms that can cut down the time from image acquisition to information delivery to the customer from \u201cdays or weeks\u201d to \u201chours or minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maxar\u2019s fleet of 10 EO satellites photographs Earth\u2019s surface in visible colors in resolutions of up to 30 centimeters. The company has recently partnered with Satellogic, whose satellites image Earth\u2019s surface in lower resolutions but offer more frequent revisits. Maxar also cooperates with Umbra, which is currently building up a constellation of 32 SAR satellites, to add the benefit of night-time and see-through-cloud vision to their customers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis war has shown that partnership is really important in the sense that it\u2019s very hard to create camouflage that can fool multiple phenomenologies,\u201d Wilczynski says. \u201cYou can create a camouflage that fools SAR but doesn\u2019t fool [optical] or that fools [optical] but doesn\u2019t fool SAR. It\u2019s very hard to create decoys when you bring together multiple sensors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wilczinsky says the providers need to use the space assets in a smarter way to flexibly respond to the demands of the military, using cues found in lower-resolution satellite images or collected by military reconnaissance drones to address challenges as they arise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis war pushed us to think more about what picture and with which satellite should we take to answer the question rather than just taking images and see what we can extract from them,\u201d Wilczinsky says. \u201cWe\u2019ve been really focused on how to reduce the garbage so that when we apply analytics, we\u2019re actually getting valuable data out, as opposed to taking a picture of a region that doesn\u2019t have anything going on or of something that was relevant a week ago, but the front has moved.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Ukraine\u2019s New Directions<\/h3>\n<p>Although the war turned Ukraine into a major innovation hub in drone and robotics warfare, the country\u2019s space sector, tediously transitioning from the slow-moving era of Soviet-style state-run institutions, wasn\u2019t quite ready to join the war effort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe drone ecosystem became real because people did it themselves and then it became part of the defense effort,\u201d Oleksandr Havrutenko, chief specialist at the Center of Innovation and Development of Defense Technologies at Ukraine\u2019s Ministry of Defense, tells <em class=\"Annotation -emphasis\">Via Satellite<\/em>. \u201cWith space, it doesn\u2019t work like that. We need something that is already operational, something that\u2019s been done a long time ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6804c0aa692;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6804c0aa692 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6804c0aa693').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6804c0aa693'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The cooperation with the likes of Maxar and Iceye has, however, revealed a possible new opportunity for Ukraine to delve into when the war ends. No one in the world depends on space data as much as Ukraine does right now, Havrutenko says. The learning curve for the nation\u2019s satellite image analysts has therefore been steep, providing a direction to innovate in the downstream segment with advanced analytics system capable of fusing data from space-born and aerial sources to maximize tactical advantage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUkraine uses so much space data,\u201d Havrutenko says. \u201cThat gives us a lot of room for innovation because we constantly need to process data from different sources, governmental and commercial, fusing that with non-space source of data. It\u2019s a niche that gives us a lot of opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The philosophy, Havrutenko added, is to look for gaps in what the western allies offer and find solutions to fill those gaps.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian Global Innovation Strategy compiled by Ukraine\u2019s Ministries of Digital Transformation and Science and Education, includes space among its key areas. It specifically names the development of small satellites and ground infrastructure among the strategic targets but according to available information, no significant development in that field is currently underway. The Ministry of Digital Transformation did not respond to a request to comment.<\/p>\n<p>Havrutenko said that since the war began, Ukraine\u2019s State Space Agency, which should steer the space sector\u2019s development, has been in limbo without an acting head and an effective space program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEffectively, there are no space activities in Ukraine in the old-fashioned way now because there is no national governmental program,\u201d Havrutenko says. \u201cIt\u2019s certainly an issue because we have capacities. But if you don\u2019t have any activity, you lose competitiveness, you don\u2019t understand trends. That\u2019s what we are facing now.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Under Siege<\/h3>\n<p>Before the war, Ukraine\u2019s legacy rocket factory Pivdenmash, previously Yuzmash, had been supplying first stages for the American Antares rockets. It also used to build engines for Europe\u2019s lightweight Vega launchers. Both partnerships have come to a halt since the Russian invasion.<\/p>\n<p>The sprawling, 370-acre Pivdenmash industrial complex in Ukraine\u2019s industrial hub Dnipro, some 450 kilometers southeast of Kyiv, used to produce the bulk of USSR\u2019s missiles during the Cold War and later the Dnipro and Zenit rocket families. Havrutenko says that in the first months of the war, the strategic factory remained largely spared Russian missile attacks. As the war drew on and the Russians realized they may not be able to conquer Dnipro and seize the facilities, missiles began raining on the factory, causing serious damage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussia has always been a part of our space activities and when the invasion started, they tried to keep those factories safe because they wanted them for themselves,\u201d says Havrutenko. \u201cAbout two years ago, they began to strike those factories. Some of the R&amp;D offices have since been relocated, but they don\u2019t do much in terms of space technology right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6804c0aac86;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6804c0aac86 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6804c0aac87').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6804c0aac87'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Another source familiar with the situation in Dnipro described the damage to the Pivdenmash rocket factory as \u201csignificant.\u201d The facility is reportedly active in Ukraine\u2019s domestic missile development program.<\/p>\n<h3>A Space Sector in Limbo<\/h3>\n<p>Despite the heritage of Soviet-era rocketry, and perhaps because of the continued Russian influences, Ukraine was only slowly moving towards building up a commercial space industry prior to the invasion. In fact, legislation allowing private space enterprises to register in Ukraine was only passed in 2020. When the war started, the handful of space companies and startups that had emerged in the short period of time faced difficult decisions. Some chose to relocate abroad and continue their work, others set out to help the defense effort.<\/p>\n<p>Dnipro-based Aerobavovna, for example, repurposed their high-altitude balloons, originally designed to lift scientific experiments to the stratosphere, for hosting communication relays and surveillance payloads for the military.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv-based entrepreneur Misha Rudominsky scaled back on his rocket startup Promin, while the company keeps working on technology readiness, to launch Himera, an electronics company that develops secure tactical radio devices to ensure soldiers on the frontline can communicate despite omnipresent jamming and electronic interference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe tried early into the invasion to look into defense application of Promin\u2019s technology, but we found we were at a too low technology readiness level to be relevant,\u201d Rudominsky tells <em class=\"Annotation -emphasis\">Via Satellite<\/em>. \u201cWith Himera, we are solving the communication problem on the battlefield and trying to do it in a way that is much more affordable than the solutions available from the west. For the foreseeable future, this is an area where I feel I can personally do the most for Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rudominsky\u2019s stance mirrors that of most Ukrainian tech brains. Working in defense tech right now is the second most patriotic thing after serving on the frontline where one faces a daily threat of death. On the back of the tragedy that is the war with Russia, a thriving, high-energy innovation ecosystem had emerged that has a potential to make Ukraine a technology superhub when the war ends.<\/p>\n<p>Being outnumbered one to five in terms of troop numbers, Ukrainians know that outdoing the enemy\u2019s technology is their only chance for a victory. Most of all, they want to stop seeing their friends dying. Hopefully, the time to revive their dreams of space will come sooner than later. <strong class=\"Annotation -strong\">VS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>,<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\">In This Issue<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 404360:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3IxcPegWQCaJBWPhoHce_VS_04_050125_DGTL6-300x225.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3IxcPegWQCaJBWPhoHce_VS_04_050125_DGTL6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3IxcPegWQCaJBWPhoHce_VS_04_050125_DGTL6-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3IxcPegWQCaJBWPhoHce_VS_04_050125_DGTL6-640x480.jpg 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