https://spacewatch.global/tag/azerspace-1/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 03 Sep 2020 05:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/azerspace-1/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/09/azercosmos-and-globecast-extend-successful-partnership-to-deliver-satellite-services-to-africa/ Thu, 03 Sep 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=25772&preview=true&preview_id=25772 Azercosmos, the premier satellite operator in the South Caucasus, has signed an extended partnership agreement with Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, to increase capacity and coverage across Africa.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/azercosmos-and-infostellar-enter-into-ground-station-partnership/ Tue, 11 Feb 2020 06:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19289 Azerbaijani satellite operator Azercosmos and Infostellar, the Japanese Ground Segment as a Service provider, signed an agreement to enable Infostellar customers access to their satellite constellations from the Azercosmos Ground Station (AGS), located in the Absheron peninsula. The agreement was announced on 6 February 2020. AGS’ location is uniquely positioned between Europe and Asia. As […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/azercosmos-reports-70-percent-increase-in-satellite-services-export-revenues-for-2019/ Thu, 06 Feb 2020 06:00:40 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19157 AzerCosmos, the state space company of Azerbaijan, reports that it generated revenues of U.S.$43.4 million from the export of its satellite communications and Earth observation services in the calendar year of 2019, a 70 percent increase over its exports in 2018.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/azerbaijans-azercosmos-reports-40-6-million-revenues-in-2019-space-talks-with-russia-in-january-2020/ Tue, 07 Jan 2020 06:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18321 AzerCosmos, the Azerbaijani satellite operator, reported revenues of U.S.$40.6 million for the period of January to November 2019, a 69 percent increase over the same period in 2018, when the company generated revenues of just U.S.$25.6 million.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/azerbaijans-azercosmos-inks-deals-with-digiturk-and-vodafone-for-satellite-services-in-turkey/ Fri, 03 Jan 2020 06:00:34 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18307 Azercosmos, Turkey's leading digital broadcasting platform Digiturk, and mobile phone operator Vodafone signed cooperation agreements on 27 December 2019. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/azerbaijans-azercosmos-to-provide-dtt-services-to-tanzania-via-azam-tv/ Thu, 02 Jan 2020 06:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18304 Azercosmos signed an agreement with the digital satellite services provider Azam TV on 24 December 2019 for the provision of Digital Terrestrial Transmission (DTT) services to the country of Tanzania.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/12/russias-rscc-and-azerbaijans-azercosmos-sign-satcom-sharing-agreement/ Thu, 12 Dec 2019 06:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17652 Azerbaijan’s state space corporation, AzerCosmos OJSC, and the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC – also known as the Russian Satellite Communications Federal State Unitary Enterprise), inked a cooperative agreement in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan, on 5 December 2019.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/azerbaijans-azercosmos-reports-revenue-increase-of-81-for-first-3q-of-2019/ Wed, 06 Nov 2019 06:00:07 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16844 Azerbaijan's state space company, AzerCosmos Open Joint Stock Company (OJSC), posted revenues of U.S.$30.2 million for the period January-September 2019, an increase of 81 per-cent for the same period in 2018, according to Azerbaijani press reports.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/10/armenia-and-georgia-discuss-satellite-communications-collaboration/ Tue, 29 Oct 2019 06:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16689 Government ministers from Armenia and Georgia met recently to discuss a range of economic and technical cooperation proposals, among them satellite communications.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/10/azercosmos-partners-with-caspiansat-to-provide-maritime-satellite-connectivity/ Tue, 29 Oct 2019 06:00:02 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16673 Azercosmos and CaspianSat, the company that offers offshore telecommunication services, signed a partnership agreement. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/10/space-silk-road-china-proposes-space-cooperation-agreement-with-azerbaijan/ Thu, 24 Oct 2019 05:00:37 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16577 China and Azerbaijan have great prospects for cooperation in the space sector, Chinese Ambassador to Azerbaijan Guo Min told reporters in Baku, Azerbaijan, according to a report by the Trend News Agency on 18 October 2019.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/azerbaijan-mulling-new-earth-observation-satellite-georgia-discusses-access-to-azersky-1/ Thu, 13 Dec 2018 06:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11905 Azerbaijan’s state space corporation, Azercosmos, will examine the economic and commercial feasibility of building additional Earth observation satellites in its approved 2019-2022 state programme for remote sensing, according to a report by the Trend News Agency.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/azerbaijans-azerspace-2-to-be-operational-in-early-2019-azercosmos-posts-azerspace-1-revenues/ Thu, 13 Dec 2018 06:00:30 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11909 Azerbaijan’s second communications satellite, Azerspace-2, will reach its intended Geostationary orbit - 45 degrees East longitude - in January or February 2019, according to the country’s state space corporation Azercosmos, reports Trend News Agency.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/azerbaijan-and-iran-to-jointly-build-satellite-cooperate-in-satellite-communications/ Mon, 10 Dec 2018 06:00:05 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11828 Azerbaijan and Iran have concluded negotiations on space cooperation, to include the Iranian use of Azerbaijani communications satellites and the joint development of a remote sensing satellite, according Azerbaijani media reports.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/azerbaijan-and-australia-reportedly-in-space-talks/ Fri, 30 Nov 2018 06:00:25 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11651 Azerbaijan and Australia are reportedly in ongoing discussions regarding collaborative satellite projects, according to a report from Trend News Agency, an Azerbaijani news outlet.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/azerspace-2-intelsat-38-successfully-launched-by-arianespace/ Thu, 27 Sep 2018 05:00:22 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10561 Azercosmos, the national satellite operator of Azerbaijan, and Intelsat, one of the largest commercial satellite communications operators in the world, announced on 26 September 2018 the successful launch of the Azerspace-2/Intelsat-38 communications satellite aboard an Arianespace Ariane-5 launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/azerbaijans-azerspace-2-communications-satellite-ready-for-launch-by-arianespace/ Tue, 25 Sep 2018 05:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10521 Arianespace is preparing its sixth launch of 2018 as it plans to orbit Azerbaijan's Azerspace-2/Intelsat-38 telecommunications satellite on board an Ariane-5 launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in South America. The launch, planned for 25 September 2018, also includes the Horizons-3e communications satellite for Intelsat and its partner SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/01/iran-use-azerbaijani-imaging-satellite/ Fri, 05 Jan 2018 05:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=6951 A source within the Iranian communications industry revealed to Trend News in late December 2017 that Iran would continue to utilize Azerbaijan’s AzerSky satellite. The source further stated that the two countries have discussed the possibility for increased cooperation regarding satellite operations during 2018. The AzerSky satellite was sold to Azerbaijan in December 2014 by […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2016/10/turkey-offers-build-satellites-azerbaijan-share-satellite-data/ Mon, 10 Oct 2016 11:51:18 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=1686 Turkey is to build new satellites for its near neighbour Azerbaijan once its current satellites in orbit reach the end of their operational lifetimes. Azerbaijan currently operates its Azersky and Azerspace-1 satellites in both low-earth and geostationary orbits (160-2,000 kilometres altitude and 36,000 kilometres altitude respectively). Azersky is an earth observation satellite with two metres […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2016/08/iran-azerbaijan-cement-space-cooperation-agreement/ Fri, 05 Aug 2016 06:23:32 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=1151 Iranian and Azerbaijani officials signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for space cooperation between the two countries, days before Iranian President Hassan Rouhani visits the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, on 8 August 2016. Iranian Minister for Communication and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi and Azerbaijani Minister Communications and High Technologies Ramin Namigoglu Guluzade led their respective delegations […]]]>