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AZERBAIJAN PREPARES TO LAUNCH TELECOMMUNICATION SATELITE
TERT.AM
23.01.13
Azerbaijan will launch its first telecommunications satellite in
early February, UPI reported, citing the country's information and
communications technology minister.
ICT Minister Ali Abbasov made the announcement in Baku Monday,
according to China's Xinhua News Agency.
The Azerspace-1 satellite has already been delivered to the launch
site at the Kourou space center in French Guiana, Abbasov said,
where it will be launched into orbit by an Ariane 5 ECA rocket.
The satellite has been leased from MEASAT Satellite Systems, a company
owned by the government of Malaysia, and will offer telecommunication
services to Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia and North
Africa.
Built by the Orbital Sciences Corp. in the United States, Azerspace-1
is designed to provide digital broadcasting, Internet access, data
transmission and governmental communications, Xinhua reported.
TERT.AM
23.01.13
Azerbaijan will launch its first telecommunications satellite in
early February, UPI reported, citing the country's information and
communications technology minister.
ICT Minister Ali Abbasov made the announcement in Baku Monday,
according to China's Xinhua News Agency.
The Azerspace-1 satellite has already been delivered to the launch
site at the Kourou space center in French Guiana, Abbasov said,
where it will be launched into orbit by an Ariane 5 ECA rocket.
The satellite has been leased from MEASAT Satellite Systems, a company
owned by the government of Malaysia, and will offer telecommunication
services to Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia and North
Africa.
Built by the Orbital Sciences Corp. in the United States, Azerspace-1
is designed to provide digital broadcasting, Internet access, data
transmission and governmental communications, Xinhua reported.