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ARMENIA... SECURING THE SLOT (SATELLITE)
SatNews Publishers
June 26 2013
[SatNews] RIA Novosti is reporting that the ex-Soviet republic of
Armenia will launch its own satellite into orbit, a governmental
official said last Friday.
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 $250 million,
with part of the sum to come from private investors, Grigoryan told
the Armenian branch of Radio Liberty.
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. The list includes Armenia's historical rival
Azerbaijan, which successfully brought into orbit its first telecoms
satellite Azerspace-1 in February.
http://www.satnews.com/story.php?number=1950641499
From: A. Papazian
SatNews Publishers
June 26 2013
[SatNews] RIA Novosti is reporting that the ex-Soviet republic of
Armenia will launch its own satellite into orbit, a governmental
official said last Friday.
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 $250 million,
with part of the sum to come from private investors, Grigoryan told
the Armenian branch of Radio Liberty.
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. The list includes Armenia's historical rival
Azerbaijan, which successfully brought into orbit its first telecoms
satellite Azerspace-1 in February.
http://www.satnews.com/story.php?number=1950641499
From: A. Papazian