Despite the Russia-Ukraine War, Ukrainian firm Promin Aerospace, which makes self-burning rockets, plans to launch its first tiny satellite next year.
Promin has been working on development and production for the previous ten months, and in August, two engineers were hired.
An Atlas V rocket of United Launch Alliance soars toward space after lifting off from launch pad SLC-41 to begin the Orbital Flight Test 2, or OFT-2 mission, at Cape Canaveral, Florida on May 19, 2022.
Promin Aerospace Adjusting Amid Russia-Ukraine War
The research and development center for the space industry is located somewhere in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, which has been repeatedly attacked by Russian rockets. To protect the safety of its staff, Promin, it should be noted, does not reveal the precise location of its lab.
There have been several outages across Ukraine due to the recent volley of Russian missile assaults. It has harmed certain Ukrainian cities' power grids and jeopardized their water and food supply systems.
For Promin, such a situation is unavoidable, but to carry on with business in the event of a power loss, they have two distinct electric circuits in place.
According to Space News, Dnipro is well known for its skill in the aerospace industry because it is home to the state-run aerospace company Yuzhmash and the space technology design firm Yuzhnoe of Ukraine.
Wartime is not the best time for the organization to grow, even though it manages to carry on with regular operations. As a result, Promin was compelled to abandon its growth plans.
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How Google Helped Promin
Misha Rudominski, CEO and co-founder of Promin, wrote the first set of emails requesting seed money on February 22, two days before Russia invaded Ukraine.
When the conflict started, Promin was forced to put its investment plans on hold to put the safety of its employees and their families above everything else while also aiding Ukraine in its humanitarian endeavors.
Most workers resumed their full-time schedules early in April.
The space firm had planned to double its employees this year, but owing to funds that Google provided in August, it has managed to go back on track after boosting its engineers.
Next year, Promin plans to launch a miniature rocket for the first time. The company will attempt to launch the rocket in Ukraine to a height of roughly 100 meters, Ukrainian website ITC said.
However, Promin will probably carry out the test in Scotland as a memorandum of understanding permits Promin to launch from a spaceport in a member state of the United Kingdom if permission to carry out the launch in Ukraine is denied.
By the end of the 2023 summer, according to Rudominski per Space News, they want to undertake their launch tests from the Scottish spaceport.
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