Azercosmos starts the second stage of “Promotion of earth remote surveillance services for the sake of sustainable development of Azerbaijan” project

Azercosmos OJSC has started the second stage of the "Promotion of earth remote surveillance services for the sake of sustainable development of Azerbaijan" project.

The main purpose of the project is to promote the use of images obtained from Azersky satellite in the country and to stimulate the development of earth remote surveillance services in Azerbaijan.

Research institutes, universities and other organizations engaged in scientific research activities, as well as legal and physical persons can present their proposals to the project till 31 July 2017.

By September 29, 2017, Azercosmos OJSC will provide the authors of the winning proposals with images received via Azersky satellite in accordance with the requirements specified in their proposals.

The evaluation of the projects will be carried out based on such criteria as creative use of the data received from Azersky in the project and feasibility of the proposal, meeting the scientific purpose of ensuring the sustainable development of the country, and innovativeness.

For more detailed information about the project visit the website www.azercosmos.com or call (012) 565 00 55 (internal number 216).

Azersky satellite images are intended for wide use in such areas as the building of electronic agriculture and monitoring of agricultural products, cartography; mining, infrastructure and monitoring operations; updating of inventory data; investigation of pollution on land and at sea; security and defense.

About Azercosmos

"Azercosmos" Open Joint Stock Company (OJSCo) is the only satellite operator in Caucasus established on May 3rd 2010 and fully owned by the government of Azerbaijan Republic. Having launched the Azerspace-1, the first-ever satellite of Azerbaijan, on February 8th 2013, the company provides highly reliable, satellite-based communication services to enterprise and government customers for DTH, voice, video, data and mobility applications.

With the advanced design and flexible switching capabilities of the Azerspace-1 telecommunication satellite, millions of viewers are able to get an access to information and communications services worldwide. Azerspace-1 plays a role as an important gateway in a joint space that connects more than 50 countries in Central Asia, Europe, Africa and Middle East.

In December 2014, Azercosmos took over the rights to operate and commercialize Azersky, high resolution (1.5m imagery products) optical Earth observation satellite, and entered into the commercial business of Earth observation services, including geo-Information services.

With its high-skilled personnel and advanced technical capacity, "Azercosmos" OJSCo has succeeded in becoming one of the driving forces of the ICT sector both in the country and region during the short period since its inception. Its resources allow the company to be well-equipped and hence handle emerging technologies along with creating an added value for the population that is beyond the reach of the terrestrial networks in benefiting from the satellite-based services. Strategic development plans of the company include enhancing the coverage area and spectrum of services by launching the second telecommunications satellite Azerspace-2 at 45° East longitude in 2017 and a very high resolution optical Earth observation satellite in upcoming years.

More detailed information about "Azercosmos" OJSCo is available at the company’s official webpage "www.azercosmos.com".