Military attachés from 15 countries visit Azerbaijan’s space agency, Azercosmos PHOTO

On November 28, military attachés accredited in Azerbaijan visited the Main Ground Control Centre of Azerbaijan's Space Agency, Azercosmos, which operates under the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport.

The visit, arranged by the Department of International Military Cooperation, was attended by 17 representatives from the military attaché offices of 15 nations, Caliber.Az reports citing Ministry of Defence.

During the visit, the guests were introduced to the infrastructure and facilities at Azercosmos.

They were also briefed on the history of the agency, its areas of activity, ongoing projects, and plans for future development.

To recap, currently Azerbaijan has 3 satellites. Azerspace-1 is Azerbaijan's first satellite in space. Built by Orbital Sciences Corporation, it was launched by Ariane 5 into orbit on February 7, 2013, from Kourou in French Guiana at orbital position 46° east.

The satellite covers Europe and a significant part of Asia and Africa. It is operated by the Azerbaijani company Azercosmos and has transmission capabilities for TV, radio broadcasting, and the internet.

Azerspace-2, also known as Intelsat 38, is Azerbaijan's second telecommunications satellite, built by Space Systems/Loral, California, and managed by Azercosmos and Intelsat. Azersky was an Earth observation satellite with a high resolution of 1.5 m. It was Azerbaijan's first Earth observation satellite, launched into orbit in June 2014.

The satellite was originally named SPOT 7 and developed by Airbus Defence and Space as part of their SPOT series. SPOT 7 was successfully handed over to Azercosmos on December 2, 2014, and renamed Azersky. The satellite ceased operations in April 2023.

By Aghakazim Guliyev