Speaking at a conference on "space technology and its applications” in Tehran on
Tuesday, Azari Jahromi said the Dousti satellite, manufactured by the Sharif
University of Technology, will be launched soon.
He added that according to experts at the Iran University of Science and
Technology, another satellite named "Zafar (victory)”, set to be put into the
500-600km orbit, will be delivered by September.
Earlier this month, the assistant director of the Iranian Space Agency announced
that the country has tested the flying prototype of Dousti satellite.
Iran has in recent years made great headways in space technology thanks to the
efforts made by its local scientists.
The country successfully launched its first indigenous data-processing
satellite, Omid (Hope), into orbit in February 2009.
In February 2017, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani unveiled 3 new achievements
in the space industry, including Payam, which has been made in Tehran’s
Amirkabir University of Technology with the mission to take surveying images at
resolutions below 40 meters. Equipped with a range of homegrown technologies,
the satellite will go into orbit with a local carrier.
In July 2017, Iran inaugurated the Imam Khomeini National Space Center with the
successful test-launch of a homegrown satellite carrier dubbed Simorgh.
The center, home to Iran’s first fixed launch platform, administrates the
development, launch, and navigation of Iranian satellite carriers.
Designed and built in compliance with international standards, the Imam Khomeini
National Space Center is going to handle all space projects in the low‑Earth
orbit (LEO).
Source:Tasnim