KIEV, April 12 – The first Ukrainian telecommunications satellite Lybid, built in international cooperation with participation of Canada and Russia, could be placed into orbit in the fourth quarter of 2017, acting head of the State Space Agency of Ukraine (SSAU) Yuriy Radchenko said.

Assessing the situation with the implementation of the project on Channel 5 TV, he said that the implementation of the project was under a threat of a failure due to the annexation of Crimea and the loss of land infrastructure involved in the project by Ukraine. Taking additional financial liabilities, Ukraine has overcome force majeure: in 2014-2015 a new spacecraft control center was built on Ukraine's mainland.