Completed work and future tasks in the space sector discussed

On October 16, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev reviewed a presentation on proposals aimed at identifying new economic opportunities through the use of space monitoring.

In recent years, the application of aerospace data has been actively expanding across various sectors of the national economy. In particular, the Presidential Decree signed on September 30 of this year has elevated this work to a qualitatively new stage. According to the document, the Uzspace Agency under the Ministry of Digital Technologies will conduct state space monitoring at least three times a year in the fields of geology, land relations, and ecology. In addition, positions for the agency’s regional representatives have been introduced.

As noted during the presentation, the main objective today is to use space-based analysis to identify new opportunities capable of giving a strong impetus to economic development.

Every year, hundreds of mineral deposits and quarries are put up for auction across the country. Conditions have been created for entrepreneurs to implement modern industrial methods for the development of mineral resources. Last year alone, 170 deposits were sold at auctions, and since the beginning of the current year, another 172 have been sold.

At the same time, it was emphasized that cases of illegal subsoil use still occur. Since the beginning of the year, more than 2,000 such violations have been identified through space monitoring.

The Prosecutor General’s Office has been tasked with effectively using satellite data on land, industrial facilities, and mineral deposits to prevent and promptly detect economic crimes.

In recent years, cadastral registration has been completed for 1,365,000 unauthorized residential buildings. However, the problem of illegal construction has not yet been fully resolved: since the beginning of the year, more than 33,000 such structures have been identified, a significant number of which are located on agricultural lands.

In this regard, instructions were given to integrate the existing information platforms as soon as possible and to create a system that would enable prompt responses to cases of illegal construction.

Particular attention was paid to identifying unused land plots through space monitoring and incorporating them into economic circulation. According to the results of an analysis conducted in six regions, about 300 hectares of vacant land have been identified. In Tashkent alone, 95 hectares have been identified and are already being auctioned off.

The Head of State instructed that research in eight more regions be completed by the end of this year, and that next year, all district centers of the country be covered.

The importance of actively adopting international experience and advanced technological solutions was emphasized. Officials presented information on projects involving the use of artificial intelligence to analyze space data for detecting illegal logging, methane leaks, evaluating the efficiency of solar panels, assessing the condition of road surfaces, and identifying faults and overloads in railway and electrical networks.

Proposals for creating an educational ecosystem in the space sector, developing research and technology, and expanding communication coverage in remote areas of the country through the introduction of satellite telecommunications were also reviewed.

Instructions were given to thoroughly prepare for the International Astronautical Congress, which will be held in Samarkand in 2028.

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