American Company To Launch First Azerbaijani Satellite In 2010

AMERICAN COMPANY TO LAUNCH FIRST AZERBAIJANI SATELLITE IN 2010

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
11.08.2009 14:11 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The results of the bid for launching the first
artificial satelite have been published.

The winner, American Orbital Sciences Corporation, will launch the
first Azerbaijani satellite into the orbit in 2010.

Bid participants were such companies as ThalesAlenia Space and
EADS/Astrium (France), Space Systems/Loral Inc. and Orbital Sciences
Corporation (US), as well as Sumitomo Corporation/ISS Reshetnev
Japanese-Russian consortium, Bakililar.AZ reports.