Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 5
By Huseyn Veliyev - Trend:
The Airbus Defence and Space, a division of Airbus Group responsible for defense and aerospace products and services, revealed the photos and videos, which show the principle of operation of the low-orbit satellite SPOT 7.
The satellite, dubbed Azersky, was handed over to Azerbaijan's control on the basis of an agreement inked Dec. 2 at the Bakutel-2014 exhibition by Azercosmos, an Azerbaijani state-run company, and the Airbus Defence and Space.
The spacecraft was launched in June 2014 as part of the strategic cooperation between Azerbaijan and France in the space industry.
The Azersky satellite, along with its predecessor, SPOT 6, will be used jointly with Airbus Defence and Space.
Both satellites are capable of daily surveying an area of six million square kilometers on the Earth surface, or 10 times the size of France.
The resolution of the images taken will be 1.5 meters.
Edited by CN
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Huseyn Veliyev is Trend Agency's staff journalist, follow him on Twitter: @h_veliyev
