OREANDA-NEWS.  October 03, 2012. The Government approved the draft Law of Ukraine "On Approval of the National target scientific and technical space Programme for 2013-2017". The relevant decision has been adopted at a Cabinet meeting.

The bill, which is to be submitted to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, proposes to approve the Programme, which is the fifth Space Programme of independent Ukraine.

Its goal - to improve the efficiency of space potential to address the pressing problems of socio-economic, cultural, informational, scientific and educational development of society, ensuring national security and the defense and protection of geopolitical interests.

The bill implementation will enable to provide the space technologies development and their integration into the real sector of the national economy, as well as in the field of national security and defense.