Azerbaijan’s Azercosmos launched the two-day Space Technology Conference 2025 in Baku on Thursday, pulling in 400 delegates from 35 countries to tackle satellite connectivity, Earth observation and investment in Central Eurasia’s growing space sector.
More than 400 delegates from 112 organisations across 35 countries—including the Middle East, Europe, Asia, the Americas and Africa—are attending.
The gathering follows Wednesday’s fourth meeting of space-agency chiefs from the Organization of Turkic States—Türkiye, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan—and observer members Hungary and Turkmenistan, also held in Baku.
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