Iran To Launch 6 Satellites By March 2024
Date
4/25/2023 7:40:00 PM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) Iranian Deputy Defense Minister Amir Rastegari said Iran was
preparing six satellites for launch by March 2024, trend reports citing
Iranian media.
Rastegari, who is also the CEO of Iran Electronics Industries
(IEI) of the defense ministry, made the remarks in an
interview.
He said preparations were being made to launch an Iranian
satellite constellation, expressing hope that IEI would be able to
put into low Earth orbit two CubeSats and the homegrown Earth
observation satellite Tolou-3 by March 2024.
With a weight of 150 kilograms, Tolou-3 is Iran's first
miniature satellite. It is capable of taking black-and-white photos
with a five-meter spatial resolution and colored photos with a
10-meter resolution, said Rastegari.
Rastegari noted that IEI had carried out good cooperation with
the Iranian Space Agency and Russia, adding that IEI is negotiating
with the Aerospace Industries Organization of Iran's Defense
Ministry and Russia to accelerate the launch of Iranian satellites
into space.
In August 2022, Iran successfully launched the Khayyam satellite
into space from the Baikonur space station in Kazakhstan by
Russia's Soyuz satellite carrier rocket.
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