BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 11. The project of launching the first school satellite of Azerbaijani schoolchildren into space using the SpaceX rocket will be implemented this year, Director of the Space Academy under the Azerbaijan Space Agency (Azercosmos) Imran Mukhtarov said during a press conference, Trend reports.
According to him, a total of 750 schoolchildren from 41 schools will participate in this project.
"At the end of the year, the launch of the satellite of Azerbaijani schoolchildren into space using the SpaceX carrier rocket, and its subsequent control, will make a great contribution to schoolchildren in terms of innovations in the space field and more detailed research in this field," he added.