Armenian government works to launch second satellite into orbit

12:41, 4 May 2023

YEREVAN, MAY 4, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian government is working towards launching its second satellite into orbit, Minister of High Tech Industry Robert Khachatryan said on May 4.

He said the work is still in the “preliminary stage”.

Armenia launched its first satellite, the ARMSAT-1, on May 25, 2022 from Cape Canaveral on board a SpaceX rocket.

“We are now studying the market, we are evaluating our capabilities, proposals. I don’t think we will have the second [satellite] in 2023, but we are working on it,” the minister told reporters.

He said that the images taken by the Earth observation satellite must be considered as a source of information and that the circle of using the images must be maximally enhanced. He didn’t rule out that the images can be useful in the defense sector.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS