# Azercosmos
*agency . companies*

## Specifications
- **operator domains**: ["azercosmos.az"]
- **country**: Azerbaijan
- **website**: https://azercosmos.az
- **entity type**: company
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-20
- **verified by**: operator
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **attributes**: {"kind":"agency","operator_domains":"[\"azercosmos.az\"]","country":"Azerbaijan","website":"https://azercosmos.az"}

## Editorial
Azercosmos is Azerbaijan's national space agency and a public legal entity under Azerbaijan Transport and Communication Holding, with space-agency status granted in 2021.[^iaf-azercosmos][^wiki-azercosmos] Its Earth observation history centres on Azersky, the former SPOT-7 high-resolution optical satellite acquired in orbit in 2014 and operated under the Azersky name.[^spacenews-spot7-sale][^eoportal-spot67] Azercosmos also distributed SPOT-6/7 imagery for the Caucasus and CIS region.[^eoportal-spot67] Communications with Azersky were lost on 17 March 2023, with a power-related failure suspected, so its EO operating history should be treated as past rather than current capacity.[^seradata-azersky-failure] A $120 million two-satellite high-resolution optical successor contract exists, with no confirmed delivery date.[^spaceintelreport-iai]

## Sources
- [wiki-azercosmos] | Azercosmos - Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azercosmos | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-20
- [wiki-azersky] | Azersky - Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azersky | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-20
- [spacenews-spot7-sale] | Airbus Sells In-orbit Spot 7 to Azerbaijan - SpaceNews | https://spacenews.com/42840airbus-sells-in-orbit-spot-7-imaging-satellite-to-azerbaijan/ | tier=third-party | accessed=2026-06-20
- [eoportal-spot67] | SPOT-6 and SPOT-7 (Azersky) - eoPortal | https://www.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/spot-6-7 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-20
- [seradata-azersky-failure] | Azersky satellite failure confirmed - Seradata | https://www.seradata.com/mystery-satellite-failures-confirmed-communications-is-lost-with-former-spot-7-earth-imaging-satellite-azersky-while-inmarsat-4f-1-has-power-related-temporary-outage/ | tier=third-party | accessed=2026-06-20
- [iaf-azercosmos] | IAF: Azercosmos Space Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan | https://www.iafastro.org/membership/all-members/azercosmos.html | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-20
- [spaceintelreport-iai] | Azerbaijan IAI successor selection - Space Intel Report | https://www.spaceintelreport.com/azerbaijan-acknowledges-azersky-spot-7-loss-appears-to-have-selected-israels-iai-for-2-satellite-120m-successor/ | tier=third-party | accessed=2026-06-20

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