ArmInfo. The establishment of the Armenian Near-Earth Satellite Control Center will be completed by the end of this year. Minister of High-Tech Industry of Armenia Robert Khachatryan announced this on November 18 during a press conference.
In particular, the minister said that a working group would arrive in Armenia in the near future to deal with the installation work. He also noted that most of the necessary equipment has already been delivered to Armenia, and the relevant specialists are undergoing retraining.
<This center will allow us to easily control the satellite from Armenia through our specialists, which is a great progress. Our main goal is to develop the capabilities of space technologies>, Khachatryan said, noting that there is already great interest from Armenian companies in the context of getting involved in these processes. In this regard, he noted that there are more than 10 companies in Armenia that are somehow connected with space technologies.
It should be reminded that on May 25, 2022, at 22:35 Yerevan time, Armenia's first space satellite was launched into the Earth's orbit on a SpaceX spacecraft from Cape Canaveral in the United States. As Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan noted during a government meeting, this happened thanks to the cooperation between the Armenian state Geocosmos company and the Spanish Satlantis. As the PM stressed in this context , "one of our priorities is the localization of space technologies in Armenia, as well as organization of space equipment production." The prime minister said that "by the end of 2023, a satellite control center-receiving station will be established in the Republic of Armenia, around which a scientific team of specialists will be formed. ne of the main functions of the control center is to control the satellite and receive space photos. It is planned that the receiving station will provide satellite data transmission services also to other satellite operators."
