Azerbaijan has reached an agreement with the Malaysian company Measat for the joint development of Measat’s orbital position at 46E.
The Central Asian country’s Ministry for Communications and Information Technology has secured the position in advance of…
Azerbaijan has reached an agreement with the Malaysian company Measat for the joint development of Measat’s orbital position at 46E.
The Central Asian country’s Ministry for Communications and Information Technology has secured the position in advance of the procurement of a dedicated satellite from Orbital Sciences Corporation.
The 46E position covers Africa, Europe and Central Asia. Measat moved the old MEASAT-1 satellite there in 2008 and renamed it AFRICASAT-1, which operates in an inclined orbit and acts as a foothold in the African market.
Though specifics of the arrangement with Azerbaijan have not been released, it is possible that MEASAT will have access to capacity on the new Azeri satellite, which will be launched in 2012.
