KIEV, Nov. 10 – Ukraine plans to implement a project called Selena in 2017 involving the launch of a small scientific satellite to fly around the Moon, adviser to the head of the State Space Agency of Ukraine (SSAU) Eduard Kuznetsov told reporters during a meeting of the press club at the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine in Kiev on Thursday.

According to Kuznetsov, the "lunar" satellite will be developed by Dnipropetrovsk-based Pivdenne Design Bureau and will be equipped with the new Ukrainian Krechet upper stage. The satellite is planned to be launched with the help of the Russian-Ukrainian Dnepr rocket.