Baku: “We will start producing satellites in Azerbaijan in the near future,” said Dunay Bedirkhanov, the Acting Chairman of the Board of the Azerbaijan Space Agency (“Azercosmos”), during the event titled “Opportunities from Space: 10 Years of Contribution of Our Space Observation to Socio-Economic Development”, APA- Economics reports.

According to Azeri-Press News Agency, Bedirkhanov noted that steps have already been taken in this direction: ‘Our research and development team has been undergoing intensive training in Israel for a year and a half under the Azersky-2 project for satellite production, despite the complex political environment. The design and planning work for the establishment of the Spacecraft Development Center, which will host the satellite production plant and the personnel involved in manufacturing, has been completed. The construction site for the center has already been identified. We will begin construction in the coming months. We have chosen SpaceX as the launch provider for our satellite.’

He further mentioned, “In addition, for the first time in Azercosmos’ history, we have established a subsidiary enterprise – the Spacecraft Development and Production LLC. This company will support us in more effectively implementing our spacecraft manufacturing projects.”