Date:12/10/11
Azerbaijan has signed a loan agreement to finance launching of the country's first telecommunications satellite Azerspace into orbit, Azerkosmos chairman Rashad Nabiyev told on Tuesday.
The negotiations on the loan from the French export credit agency COFASE have been already held with French banks Sosiete Generale and SMBC. The deal will be financed with a two-year period for the use of funds and a ten-year repayment period.
The satellite is expected to be launched into orbit in late 2012. Azerspace's manufacturer is Orbital Sciences Corporation. An orbital position of 46 degrees east longitude has been leased from Malaysian satellite operator MEASAT. French Arianspace will send the satellite into orbit.
Azerbaijan signs loan agreement to finance Azerspace’s launch
Azerbaijan has signed a loan agreement to finance launching of the country's first telecommunications satellite Azerspace into orbit, Azerkosmos chairman Rashad Nabiyev told on Tuesday.The negotiations on the loan from the French export credit agency COFASE have been already held with French banks Sosiete Generale and SMBC. The deal will be financed with a two-year period for the use of funds and a ten-year repayment period.
The satellite is expected to be launched into orbit in late 2012. Azerspace's manufacturer is Orbital Sciences Corporation. An orbital position of 46 degrees east longitude has been leased from Malaysian satellite operator MEASAT. French Arianspace will send the satellite into orbit.
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