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Fars News Agency, Iran
June 23 2013
Armenia to Launch First Home-Made Satellite
TEHRAN (FNA)- The ex-Soviet republic of Armenia will launch its own
satellite into the orbit, a governmental official said.
A newly created company called Armcosmos is currently busy registering
an orbital position for the upcoming satellite, said Gagik Grigoryan,
a senior official with the Transportations and Communications
Ministry.
The price tag for Armenia's space program is $250mln, with part of
the sum to come from private investors, Grigoryan told the Armenian
branch of the Radio Free Europe.
The official gave no timeframe for a possible launch and did not
specify the function of the satellite, to be called Armsat, though he
said it will have to have commercial use. Armenia currently has the
right for two orbital positions for telecoms satellites.
Six of 15 post-Soviet republics have launched their own satellites
since the Soviet Union's demise.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13920402001024
From: Baghdasarian
June 23 2013
Armenia to Launch First Home-Made Satellite
TEHRAN (FNA)- The ex-Soviet republic of Armenia will launch its own
satellite into the orbit, a governmental official said.
A newly created company called Armcosmos is currently busy registering
an orbital position for the upcoming satellite, said Gagik Grigoryan,
a senior official with the Transportations and Communications
Ministry.
The price tag for Armenia's space program is $250mln, with part of
the sum to come from private investors, Grigoryan told the Armenian
branch of the Radio Free Europe.
The official gave no timeframe for a possible launch and did not
specify the function of the satellite, to be called Armsat, though he
said it will have to have commercial use. Armenia currently has the
right for two orbital positions for telecoms satellites.
Six of 15 post-Soviet republics have launched their own satellites
since the Soviet Union's demise.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13920402001024
From: Baghdasarian