00:01Uzbekistan is preparing to launch its first domestically developed scientific satellite while also outlining plans to send its first national
00:09astronaut into orbit.
00:11Demand for satellite data in Uzbekistan has tripled over the past five years.
00:16Today, more than 10 government agencies and all regional administrations see use remote sensing for agriculture, plant management and natural
00:24resource monitoring.
00:44The country plans to launch a six-year cube set named Mirza Ologbek in 2028.
00:50The small satellite is designed primarily as a capacity-building project.
00:54We've studied experience of different countries and we found that for the emerging countries like Uzbekistan,
01:02it would be a good choice. It's going to be not investing a big amount of money.
01:08We're talking about tens of million dollars to the AIT facility, sort of a construction facility for the space, but
01:15rather to start with the small steps.
01:18Seven Uzbek master's students have been selected to design and prepare the satellite. They are currently studying in Japan. Each
01:26student is responsible for a specific subsystem.
01:29My main job is maintaining the communication link between the satellite and the ground station.
01:35I'm responsible for camera payload. Right now we are more into theoretical stuff. Hardware stuff will come a little later.
01:43In this project, I'm responsible for ADC subsystem, or the controlling side of the satellite.
01:50Alongside the satellite program, Uzbekistan is also preparing the framework for sending its first national astronaut into orbit.
01:58The project represents not only a technological step forward, but a new chapter in countries' space ambitions.
02:06Sarnaz Rahman Kulova, Iran News, Tashkent.
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