YEREVAN. - Program at the Byurakan Observatory with the support of Russian Federal Space Agency to monitor space debris will start next January, head of the Observatory Hayk Harutyunyan told the journalists on Saturday.

The Observatory will be included in the network monitoring space debris and the prevention of dangerous situations in the near-Earth space. More than ten states applied for the participation in the program held under the auspices of UN.

The project, which is initiated by Russian Federal agency Rossotrudnichestvo (Russian State Cooperation), will be funded by Russian Space Agency. Totally $2 million will be invested, as informed earlier. Five small telescopes will be purchased within the framework of the project.