Azercosmos

Azercosmos OJSCo
Company typeOpen Joint Stock Company
IndustrySatellite operations
FoundedMay 3, 2010 (2010-05-03)
Headquarters
Baku, Azerbaijan
Key people
Samaddin Asadov [1]
ServicesCommunication services, Earth observation
OwnerGovernment of Azerbaijan
Number of employees
20349
Websiteazercosmos.az

Space Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azercosmos) (Azerbaijani: Azərkosmos Açıq Səhmdar Cəmiyyəti (Azərkosmos ASC)) is a public legal entity under Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan and successor of Azercosmos Open Joint Stock Company,[2] the first satellite operator in the Caucasus region entirely owned by the Government of Azerbaijan.[3] With the telecommunication satellite Azerspace-1, the company provides broadband and broadcast services to customers in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.[4] With the Earth Observation satellite Azersky, Azercosmos provides satellite imagery and geoinformation services.[5] Since 2021 the Chairman of the Broad of Azercosmos is Samaddin Asadov.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Chairman of the Board of Azercosmos". Azercosmos.
  2. ^ "Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the establishment of the public legal entity "Space Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azercosmos)"".
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference SkyBrokers was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "AZERSPACE-1 SATELLITE". Archived from the original on 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  5. ^ "AzerSky satellite to help monitor agricultural crops in Azerbaijan". Archived from the original on 2018-02-06. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  6. ^ "Kosmik Agentlikdə yüksək vəzifəyə təyinat". Oxu.Az (in Azerbaijani). 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  7. ^ "For Azerbaijan, the sky is not the limit". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2024-04-16.

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