Ukraine Secretly Launches Space Rockets Because War Needed More Plot Twists
KEY POINTS
- •Senior Ukrainian lawmaker Fedir Venislavskyi revealed that Ukraine launched two rockets from a plane flying at 26,000 feet during its war with Russia.
- •The rockets crossed the Kármán line, reaching altitudes of 62 and 124 miles as part of a bid to counter Russia’s hypersonic 'Oreshnik' missile.
- •These launches were overseen during Kyrylo Budanov’s intelligence leadership and aim to establish a satellite network to improve surveillance and communications.
In a plot twist that sounds like sci-fi penned by Elon Musk during a caffeine binge, Ukraine quietly launched two rockets to outer space from a flying carrier at 26,000 feet amid an actual war with Russia. Lawmaker Fedir Venislavskyi casually dropped this nugget in 2026, revealing one rocket reached 62 miles past the Kármán line while the other hit 124 miles—enough to give NASA some side-eye. These launches occurred on Kyrylo Budanov's watch when he was head of Ukrainian intelligence, proving multitasking: running spy orgs and moonlighting as an aerial spaceport CEO. With ambitions to build 7–10 satellites for spying and communicating, Ukraine’s airborne launch tech is aimed at upstaging Russia’s hypersonic 'Oreshnik' missile, which is basically the James Bond villain of ballistic arms—'unstoppable' but maybe a bit of a dud since it used dummy explosives last November. Meanwhile, giants like Northrop Grumman and Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit are also dabbling in air-launches, turning warzones into runway rocket shows. Soon, Ukraine hopes to jab missiles not from the ground but hovering in the sky, where airspaceports apparently meet air-napports.
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(1 of 3)Launching rockets from planes during war because Ukraine said 'hold my vodka,' and now Russia's hypersonic mic drop faces airborne countermeasures that sound like Bond gadgets on steroids.
Ukraine’s answer to Russian hypersonic madness? Toss rockets out of planes like popcorn kernels at a blockbuster showdown.
Nothing says 'innovate or evacuate' like secretly shooting space rockets mid-war like some intergalactic Uber service.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 4/14/2026 | Author: Matthew Loh
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