اولین مکاهواره مخابراتی چمهوری آذربایجان در سال 2012 بفضا پرتاب میشودهزینه آن دویست میلیون دلار است و یک شرکت آمریکایی اجرا کننده این پروژه است. این ماهواره مخابراتی بوده و برای گسترش امکانات مخابرانی و کامپیوتری خواهد بود.
AZERBAIJAN’S FIRST SATELLITE TO BE LAUNCHED IN 2012
The AzerSat spacecraft will be launched in 2012 into the 46 degrees east longitude orbital position.
Azerbaijan views the AzerSat satellite, whose manufacture, launch and insurance is estimated to cost around $200 million, as the first pillar of what it intends as a new national space program coordinated by a newly-established national space agency “AzerCosmos”.
The satellite will be based on Orbital’s flight-proven STAR-2 platform and will generate approximately five kilowatts of payload power for 36 active transponders. Upon completion of in-orbit testing, operational control of the satellite will be handed over to Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Communications and IT, which will continue to operate the spacecraft from its control center in Baku.
Ali Abbasov, Minister of Communications and IT of the Republic of Azerbaijan, said that “The AzerSat project is a keystone to the advancement and progress of Azerbaijan as we significantly expand our communications infrastructure within our borders and our connectivity to Europe, Central Asia, Africa and the Middle East.”
Orbital Sciences Corp., a U.S. company, develops and manufactures small- and medium-class rockets and space systems for commercial, military and civil government customers.