Azerbaijan plans to launch another two satellites in 2017

Azerbaijan's satellite operator Azercosmos is planning to buy a second low-orbit Earth sounding satellite, the company said.

Azercosmos is now managing a fixed telecommunication satellite Azerspace-1 and a low-orbit satellite AzerSky. The launch of the second stationary satellite is planned for 2017, after which a second low-orbit satellite is expected to be placed in orbit. In total Azerbaijan will hold four satellites.

The second remote sensing satellite will have an ultra-high resolution and will be used for photographing the terrain in emergencies, toaddress environmental issues, mapping and others, Trend reports.