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Azerbaijan and Israel will cooperate in satellite systems development

01 July 2009 12:42 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Rashad Suleymanov - APA-Economics. Azerbaijan will cooperate with ELTA Systems Ltd., a group and subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries, in the field of satellite systems.

According to foreign media reports, as Azerbaijanâ€™s Peyk (Satellite) Plant is one of the world leaders in manufacturing printed circuit boards and other peripherals, this cooperation will also cover certain cooperation in Israelâ€™s TechSAR reconnaissance satellite.

The TecSAR satellite is fitted with a large dish-like antenna to transmit and receive radar signals that can penetrate darkness and thick clouds. Built by Israeli Aerospace Industries, TecSAR ranks among the world’s most advanced space systems.

TecSAR was placed into a Low Earth orbit with an apogee of 580 kilometres (360 miles), a perigee of 450 kilometres (280 miles), and an equatorial inclination of 41 degrees.

It is capable of imaging with a resolution of up to 10 centimetres, through an X-band radar system. The satellite’s maximum resolution is believed to be around 1 metre.

TecSAR is the first Israeli satellite to feature Synthetic Aperture Radar, or SAR, which will provide images day or night and under all weather conditions

According to Azerbaijani military experts, this is an indispensable system for possible military operations within the mountainous terrains in Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan mostly sells printed circuit boards to the Netherlands, Turkey, Israel, Sweden, etc.