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From: Denc 🗡
Specific Ukrainian contributions to the Russian space program included:Launch Vehicles: Ukraine's Yuzhmash and Yuzhnoye in the city of Dnipro produced the formidable Zenit and Tsyklon rocket families. The Zenit was later re-engineered by Russia to become the core of their newer Soyuz-5 rocket.Rendezvous & Docking Systems: The essential Kurs rendezvous and docking system—used on all Soyuz and Progress spacecraft to safely connect with the space station—was designed and built by the Kiev Radio Factory.Guidance Systems: Crucial flight control systems and computer components for Russian Proton rockets and scientific satellites were manufactured in Kharkiv by Ukrainian companies like Khartron.Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia remained heavily dependent on Ukrainian rocketry and avionics. This dependency began to steadily unwind after 2014, and all space cooperation between the two nations was officially severed following Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

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>> That too.	Denc 🗡	16:56:32
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