Article is devoted to defining the basic principles of implementation of space activities in Ukraine, the problems of their implementation in the interests of security and defence and ways to solve them. The purpose of the article is to develop ways of solving problems with the implementation of space activities in the interests of security and defence of Ukraine on the, basis of principles defined by law. The analysis of the experience of the leading countries that use space technologies in the military sphere and, the current, status of space activities in Ukraine identified the problems of space activities in the interests of security and defence, and developed ways of solving them. The study found that the Ukrainian space industry is unable to ensure the security and defence capabilities of Ukraine. This is due to: the lack of a satellite constellation of its own, the lack of co-operation between the State Space Agency (SSA) and the armed forces of Ukraine, a systematic approach to law reform, unstable and insufficient funding, the lack of independent access to space, unprofitable State space enterprises. In order to solve these problems, the authors propose to create Ukraine’s own Satellite constellation, include the State Space Agency in the security and defence sector, draft and adopt a Space Code, attract foreign companies to continue the commercialization of space activities, reorganize the existing enterprises, create an indigenous rocket

complex. The practical significance of the study lies in the possibility of using the obtained results for increasing the country’s defence capability in the military and, post-war period.

Highlights

• This article is devoted to defining the basic principles of implementation of space activities in Ukraine
• The study found that the Ukrainian space industry is unable to ensure the security and defence capabilities of Ukraine.
• The practical significance of the study lies in the possibility of using the obtained results for increasing the country’s defence capability in the military and, post-war period.