SPACE ACTIVITIES OF UKRAINE: RESULTS AND PROSPECTS.

Main directions of space activities of Ukrainian enterprises and organizations for 2007-2011 years as an important direction of the state development have been analyzed in this paper. The achievements or previous years are shown. They have shown a high space status of the state. Main tasks of the new Ukrainian Space Program and the ways to fulfill them have been described. The place and importance of the scientific, educational and youth programs, and significance of the universities for creating small satellites and for carrying out the space projects have been determined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]