KIEV, April 12 – The launch of the new Ukrainian Sich-2 Earth remote sensing satellite will occur in May or June, Yuriy Alekseyev, head of State Space Agency, told the press on Monday.

"The satellite has been on the launch pad since January. We have technical and financial questions fir the Russian Defense Ministry… However, tomorrow Vladimir Putin [Russia's prime minister] will visit Kiev and we hope that the issues will be settled," he said.