{"id":14302,"date":"2026-05-06T02:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T02:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/uzbekistan-china-discuss-launch-of-first-national-scientific-satellite-cooperation-qazinform\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T02:49:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T02:49:00","slug":"uzbekistan-china-discuss-launch-of-first-national-scientific-satellite-cooperation-qazinform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/uzbekistan-china-discuss-launch-of-first-national-scientific-satellite-cooperation-qazinform\/","title":{"rendered":"Uzbekistan, China discuss launch of first national scientific satellite cooperation &#8211; Qazinform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Uzbekistan and China have discussed cooperation on the launch of Uzbekistan&rsquo;s first national scientific satellite,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.trend.az\/business\/4182774.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trend <\/a>reports via Uzcosmos.<br \/>The discussions were held during a meeting between the leadership of Uzcosmos and the Chinese Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Yu Jun.<br \/>In addition, the sides also reviewed ongoing initiatives in the space sector, including the preparation of Uzbekistan&rsquo;s first national astronaut and broader long-term development plans in this field.<br \/>Uzbekistan is currently developing its national space program through the Uzcosmos, established in 2019 to coordinate space research and technology policy. The country&rsquo;s current roadmap includes the planned launch of its first 6U-format scientific satellite &ldquo;Mirzo Ulugbek&rdquo; by 2028 and parallel preparations for sending its first national astronaut on a short-duration 10-14 day mission in cooperation with international partners.<br \/>The initiative to train a national astronaut and develop space capabilities was officially designated as a strategic priority by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in 2024 as part of broader efforts to expand Uzbekistan&rsquo;s participation in space exploration and applied satellite technologies.<br \/>Earlier, <a href=\"https:\/\/qazinform.com\/\">Qazinform <\/a>reported Uzbekistan is to <a href=\"https:\/\/qazinform.com\/news\/uzbekistan-to-start-building-new-tashkent-international-airport-this-summer\">start <\/a>building the New Tashkent International Airport this summer.&nbsp;<br \/>Kazinform International News Agency. All rights reserved.<br \/>Copyright \u00a9 2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uzbekistan and China have discussed cooperation on the launch of Uzbekistan&rsquo;s first national scientific satellite,&nbsp;Trend reports via Uzcosmos.The discussions were held during a meeting between the leadership of Uzcosmos and the Chinese Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Yu Jun.In addition, the sides also reviewed ongoing initiatives in the space sector, including the preparation of Uzbekistan&rsquo;s first national [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14302","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}