3 Iranian satellites ready for launching
By Trend
Head of Iranian Space Agency (ISA) Morteza Berari said on Oct. 1 that domestically-made satellites Payam-e Amirkabir, Dousti, and Nahid-1 have been completely built and are ready to be launched, IRNA reported.
Morteza Berari in a press conference on the occasion of World
Space Week (October 4-10) expressed hope that the satellites will
be placed into earth’s orbit by the end of current Iranian year
(March 20).
Iranian Deputy Minister of Communications said Iran is the first
country in the Middle East and the ninth in the world to achieve
complete space supply chain.
“Payam-e Amirkabir will be placed into the orbit 500 kilometers
above the earth’s surface and its data will be used for developing
programs,” he added.
Nahid 1 is the first Iranian satellite made specifically for
communication purposes, which is designed and built by Iran Space
Research Center.
Payam-e Amirkabir Satellite is designed and developed by Tehran’s
Amirkabir University of Technology and is planned to carry out
imagery mission in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
Iran has previously sent Simorgh satellite and Pajouhesh explorer
into the orbit in recent years.
Barari added that Zafar satellite will be built by the end of
current Iranian year and will be placed in the queue to be launched
then.
The ISA has planned to build imagery satellites with
one-meter-precision by the end of current Iran’s 20-year National
Vision program on 2025.
Elsewhere in his remarks, he pointed to developing space startups,
increasing Iran’s space budget, establishing Supreme Space Council
and space technologies internet TV as the main programs of ISA in
the future.
It has also intended to transfer operational activities of building
satellites to private sector and to mainly focus on providing them
with space infrastructures.
Each year, the World Space Week (October 4-10) marks two of the
most prominent events in space history.
The first human-made satellite to orbit earth Sputnik-1 was
launched on October 4, 1957 and ten years later on October 10, 1967
the Outer Space Treaty which defines countries’ space borders of
exploration, and provides a basis for International Space Law was
signed.
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