Azerbaijan has reached a new milestone in its space journey with the successful launch of the country’s first-ever satellite designed and built by school students. The PocketQube satellite, created by 7th-9th grade students under the SPACE Academy of Azercosmos, was launched into orbit aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. Symbolically this honoured event was dedicated to […]
Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) has signed a in-flight connectivity partnership with Viasat. The agreement was signed by Samir Rzayev, President of Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC, and Don Buchman, President, Aviation at Viasat, during the Dubai Airshow 2025. As part of the partnership, AZAL will equip twenty new aircraft — including Airbus A320 family and long-haul Boeing 787-9 […]
Xsolla, a video game commerce company, has announced a strategic partnership with StarNest and Azerbaijan’s Innovation and Digital Development Agency (IDDA) to establish the Xsolla StarNest Academy and Incubator Programme. This transformative collaboration was unveiled at the region’s largest gaming festival, Gamesummit Winter Edition 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Gamesummit Winter Edition 2024 spotlighted the growth […]
Azercosmos and StarWin, a global terminal manufacturer from China, have formalised a strategic partnership to broaden the scope of communication services in Azerbaijan and the surrounding region. This agreement marks a significant step towards expanding connectivity in areas lacking traditional communication infrastructure. Under the terms of the agreement, Azerkosmos will deliver services to its clients […]
Azercosmos, Azerbaijan’s space agency, and the Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana have announced a new partnership. Under this long-term agreement, the Botswana government agency will utilise data services provided via the Azerspace-1 telecommunication satellite. The deal marks the inaugural provision of satellite data services to Botswana via the African C band coverage on the Azerspace-1 […]
Azercosmos has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Chinese technology company Star.vision. The signing ceremony took place at Azercosmos during the visit of the Star.vision company delegation to the Republic of Azerbaijan. The main goal of the memorandum is to engage in strategic cooperation for the joint development and application of the necessary algorithms […]
The International Astronautical Congress (IAC) to be held in the city of Milan, Italy later this year (October 14th-18th) but its collection of submitted abstracts has already been published. Azerbaijan, which hosted the 2023 event, is in the Top 5 of countries in the world in terms of scientific articles published. It should be noted […]
Azercosmos Teleport has renewed its Tier 4 compliance certificate from the World Teleport Association (WTA). Azercosmos Teleport was first awarded the international Tier 4 certificate in 2020. Over the past three years, Azercosmos Teleport services have consistently met high-quality and technological standards. The renewal of the Tier 4 certificate for the Baku Teleport ensures the […]
Azerbaijani Minister of Digital Development and Transport, Rashad Nabiyev, has met with Elon Musk at the Tesla Giga factory in Austin, Texas. The two discussed the opening up of Azerbaijan for Starlink broadband equipment as well as launches of Azerbaijani satellites on SpaceX rockets. On May 9th Azercosmos announced that it has entered into an […]
Azercosmos, Space Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (SUPARCO), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for collaboration on Peaceful Uses of Space Sciences, Technology and Applications. The MoU envisages Pakistan-Azerbaijan collaboration in space science, technology and applications and will serve as […]