Belarus Space Agency

[2] Belarus commenced the construction of a mission control station (MCC) as part of its long-term space program aimed at expanding cooperation with Roscosmos.

[3] Belarus, in partnership with Roscosmos, is developing a new high-resolution ERS satellite, the so-called “flying telescope”, which will be placed into orbit in 2015.

[4] Having ample infrastructure and qualified personnel at its disposal, Russia remains the main provider of ERS services to other CIS countries like Belarus.

The main space activities of the academy were: Belarus plans to set up own Flight Control Center in the building of the United Institute of Informatics Problems in Minsk.

[10] On December 16, 2011, during a seminar of government officials, President Alexander Lukashenko instructed the Belarusian scientists to construct the world's best spacecraft.

The Director of the Space Strategy and Program Department of Roscosmos Yuri Makarov noted that Belarus and Russia might develop a joint small spacecraft for scientific and educational purposes to be used at universities of the two countries.