Tuesday, 23 March 2021, 14:48 Ukrainian team wins NASA Space Apps Challenge hackathon award video Ukrinform Ukrainian FireWay team from Dnipro city won the award of international NASA Space Apps Challenge hackathon in Best Use of Technology nomination. Their invention was described as "solution that exemplifies the most innovative use of technology." As noted, the Ukrainian team presented a new type of universal connector for liquid, gasses and electricity transportation. “Average communications satellite costs about $300 million to build, roughly $100 million to launch and operates for about 15 years. When the fuel us fully used, the satellite is not able to keep the orbit and starts drifting, loosing communication and being useless. Refueling will allow extending life cycle of satellite, enabling companies and governments to save money on the development and launch of replacements,” reads the description of the project on NASA Space Apps Challenge website.