KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The progress in the growing space industry is clashing with the Russian invasion in Ukraine.

In just the last 24 hours, the head of Russia’s space agency threatened to hold back rocket engines and support services for U.S. and European launches.

READ: NASA awards SpaceX 3 more crewed flights to ISS

After getting an ultimatum, OneWeb, the parent company of Florida’s Space Coast’s OneWeb Satellites, voted to suspend all launches from the Russian-operated Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

>>> STREAM CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS LIVE <<<

One Web Satellites is trying to launch hundreds of internet satellites to complete its constellation, and there are questions now on how satellites being built at its facility will reach orbit.

Ahead of a planned One Web launch aboard a Russian Soyuz, the director-general of the Russian Space Agency, Roscosmos, tweeted video of workers covering the flags of the United Kingdom, Japan, and the U.S.

READ: Axiom Mission 1: NASA to preview first private astronaut mission to ISS

He also wanted a guarantee that OneWeb’s satellites, which are manufactured on Florida’s Space Coast, wouldn’t be used for military purposes.

The company voted to suspend all launches from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

“The fact of the matter is things are spinning out of control much more rapidly than anyone anticipated,” said Dale Ketcham with Space Florida. “But that’s far beyond the space program. The world is getting weirder by the hour.”

Roscomos tweeted the agency will not service the remaining RD-180 engines in the U.S. that power the first stage of United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket.

The agency also said it would stop deliveries of the RD-181, which boosts the first stage of the Antares rocket.

WATCH: NASA sets date for first rollout of Artemis 1 moon mission rocket

At this moment, the U.S. and Russia are still cooperating aboard the International Space Station.

“I think most of us in the space business had a comfort level that the International Space Station would be the last thing to come apart,” Ketcham said. “But I think all of us are now aware that we may be looking right at that.”

Earlier this week, NASA said there was no indication that its partners were not committed to ongoing cooperation.

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei is still scheduled to come home at the end of this month on a Russian spacecraft.

See more in the video above.

Click here to download the free WFTV news and weather apps, and click here to watch the latest news on your Smart TV.

©2022 Cox Media Group