OREANDA-NEWS. On October 31, 2007 Dnipropetrovsk region chiefs discussed joint designing satellites with a business delegation of Kazakhstan, reported the Official website www.kmu.gov.ua.

Chief of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration Viktor Bondar said an agreement was signed to outline common space programs to be realized at the Design Office Yuzhnoye and YuzhMash.

Ukraine is ready to develop components of Sich-3-O and Sich-3-P satellites for Kazakhstan and provide it with Ukrainian platforms.

Other directions for cooperation were discussed, too, in particular, transition of Ukrainian technologies and technical documents on medium-resolution MS-2-8 satellite. The Ukrainian experts complete designing the satellite.

In 2005 Kazakh experts underwent theoretical training at the Design Office Yuzhnoye in spacecraft designing. The Ukrainian side has conveyed several rocket facility and carrier-rocket technologies to Kazakhstan.