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I scroll through the news feed and realize that Ukrainians will soon once again either be amazed or finally wake up… BECAUSE:
In May Shtilerman already had two satellites in orbit. In October they will present to Ukraine the “FIRST.” So where are the Fire Point satellites?
I see the information space is full of loud headlines: “Ukraine launched the first OBRIA NANO satellite,” “For the first time in history Ukraine launched its own satellite for an independent communications network”…
This is about the OBRIA NANO craft, which on 1 October the Ukrainian HIMERA together with the Danish GomSpace put into orbit as part of the SpaceX Transporter-18 mission.
The news is great. But it reminded me of an interesting statement by Denys Shtilerman — co-owner of our now legendary Fire Point. As early as May 2026 he told Financial Times in an interview that Fire Point had already launched TWO satellites, and in 2027 he plans to put dozens more into orbit.
And now the question arises: if Fire Point already had two satellites in space in the spring, why are we being loudly presented today with the “first”?
Of course, OBRIA NANO is called the first craft of the new Ukrainian communications network. But that by no means removes the other, much more interesting question.
So where, actually, are those two Shtilerman satellites? What are their names? When were they launched? Who manufactured them? Which launch vehicles put them into orbit? Where are their catalog numbers and independent launch confirmations?
After all, we have concrete data on HIMERA, while for Fire Point’s satellites the available publications mostly contain only Shtilerman’s words.
And you know, after Fire Point CEO Iryna Terek’s recent explanations that the Flamingo rockets were conceived as a “political statement,” the question inevitably arises:
Were the Fire Point satellites also a “political statement”? Or are they actually flying in space?
Because the picture being painted is astonishing: hundreds of Flamingo rockets every month, ballistic missiles, a pan-European air defense shield, dozens of future satellites…
The scale of the claims is impressive. I just wish to see not only presentations but concrete results that can be verified.
So, Mr. Shtilerman, maybe it’s time to at least show Ukrainians those two satellites that, according to you, were already in orbit this spring?
Because after the story about the “political statement” around the Flamingo… I’d really rather not receive a space statement with satellites as well
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