15:33 - 11.05.2023

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May 11, Fineko/abc.az. By the end of this year, Malaysia will grant its orbital position to Azerbaijan.

ABC.AZ reports that Samaddin Asadov, the chairman of board of space agency Azercosmos (under the Ministry of Digital Development & Transport), stated about during the discussion of the Bill on Space Activities.

“Azerbaijan is located at the 46th-degree meridian in the orbit. An application for this meridian was filed before us by the Malaysian government in the 90s. In other words, Azerbaijan shares this meridian with Malaysia,” he said.

According to him, Malaysia decided to grant this resource to Azerbaijan as a result of favorable cooperation: “We will complete this process with Malaysia by the end of this year. The 46th degree will be the full position of Azerbaijan. After that, if we want, we will be able to launch 4-6 satellites.”