Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 6
By Elmira Tariverdiyeva - Trend:
Bakutel 2014, the international telecommunications and information technologies fair, is a chance to discover some of the most innovative technology in Baku, read an article on the website of the Euronews news channel.
Euronews, in particular, talks about AzerCosmos, Azerbaijan's satellite operator, created in 2010.
"Founded in 2010, it launched its first satellite last year, the Azerspace-1, and has just signed a deal with France's Airbus to operate and commercialize a second satellite, Spot 7, renamed AzerSky," according to the article.
The article also included the remarks made by the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev during the familiarization with the Bakutel 2014.
"It offers a lot of opportunities, from point of view of technology, development, business, education. At the same time, this satellite will allow us to evaluate in more details our opportunities in terms of agriculture, and also in emergency situations, in different area of our lives," President Aliyev said.
Two satellites - Azersky and SPOT 6 - are capable of daily taking images of an area of six million square kilometers on the Earth surface, or 10 times the size of France.
"These images will be used on a daily basis by organizations and companies in Azerbaijan and in the wider Caspian region, for mapping and environmental purposes, to manage environmental risks, to help oil and agronomic companies plan ahead, and to follow and update geographic data based on space imaging," Euronews quoted Bruno Bertolini of Airbus Defence and Space as saying.
Bakutel 2014 brought together 250 companies from 23 different countries, Euronews said.
Edited by SI