Russia suspends Ukrainian JV: Russia’s Federal Space Agency today (February 2) announced that it was suspending the JV it had set up with its Ukrainian counterparts to convert Soviet-era nuclear missiles into rockets for use in the launch of commercial satellites. The rockets started life as SS-18 Satan missiles and were being converted into space launch vehicles at the Yuzhmash factory in the Ukrainian town of Dnipropetrovsk. The rehabilitated rockets were being sold internationally – mainly for commercial and scientific use – by the Moscow-based Kosmotras International Space Company. The future of the JV had been in doubt ever since Russia annexed Crimea last year. The Moscow Times
Russia suspends Ukrainian JV for nuclear missile conversion
SS-18 Satan Missile