This satellite will cover Azerbaijan, surrounding regions and Africa. According to press services of USTDA the agreement on allocation of the grant was signed by the Minister of Communication and Information Technologies Ali Abbasov and the director of the USTDA Leocadia Zak.
This grant will allow determination of economic, technical and financial issues regarding purchase, financing, launch and usage of Azerspace-2 telecommunication satellite.
Sum of the grant was not publicized.