In a milestone for Iran’s private space sector, satellites “Kowsar” and “Hodhod” were successfully launched into orbit aboard a Russian Soyuz launcher, marking the country’s initial private effort in satellite production and space deployment.

FNA - Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami announced on Sunday that the country will send satellites into the space on the back of its two indigenized carriers named Simorq (Phoenix) and Zol Janah. The Islamic Republic of Iran has a permanent plan to develop its space program and it has passed several stages and has several stages ...

FNA - Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi announced that the number of the country's manufactured satellites will increase to 18 by the end of the current Iranian year (March 19, 2021). "Iran had made 3 satellites by the year 2013, it increased to 7 in 2017, 15 in 2020 and God willing, we will have ...

FNA - Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Forces Space Department Brigadier General Ali Jafarabadi said that Iran has long-term plans to send satellites into the 36,000-km orbit in the future. Iran has plans to increase the orbital altitude (of its satellites) and reach the 36,000-km altitude in the next few years, ...

MNA The domestically-developed Nahid-1 satellite is expected to be launched into space sometime in June this year, according to a report. The Nahid-1 telecommunication satellite will be launched into space by Zoljanah launcher, using solid fuel. The domestically-developed satellite will orbit 250 kilometers above the earth, and it could stay ...

IRNA - Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi in a message on Monday said that Zafar satellite will be launched by the end of the current week. In his message, Jahromi said we are not afraid of failure and will not become disappointed, adding that Zafar Satellite will be launched up to 530km in the space....

Tasnim Head of the Iranian Space Agency (ISA) Morteza Barari said the country plans to launch into orbit a new domestically made satellite dubbed Zafar in coming days. Iran is preparing to launch a new scientific observation satellite in the "coming days," Barari told AFP on Saturday. Manufacture of the Zafar (Victory) satellite "began three ...

MNA Minister of Communications and Information Technology (ICT) Mohammad Javad Jahromi said on Sun. that six domestically-manufactured satellites are ready to be launched into the orbit. On the occasion of launching Zafar Satellite into the space, Irans ICT minister in a tweet wrote, six satellites are readied for launching into the space. He ...

AP Irans state TV says the country plans to send three satellites into orbit in the next three months despite a failed launch in August. State television on Tuesday quoted the head of Irans space agency, Morteza Barari, as saying the satellites were to transmit data for civilian purposes such as navigation, agriculture and the environment. He didnt ...

MNA Deputy Minister of Communications and Information Technology (ICT) Morteza Barari said on Wednesday that Islamic Republic of Iran will complete construction of three satellites by the end of the current year (March 19, 2020). The three satellites will be put into operation by the yearend, two of which are remote-controlled satellites, he said,...

Reuters - An Iranian rocket exploded on its launch pad at Imam Khomeini Space Center in northern Iran before its scheduled launch on Thursday, an Iranian official said. The launch was due to have taken place despite U.S. warnings to Iran that it should avoid such activity. It was due to some technical issues and it exploded but our young scientists ...

Financial Tribune - Iran will put three satellites into orbit before the current Iranian year ends in March 2020, Iranian Space Agencys chief said. In an interview published on ICT Ministrys website, Morteza Barari added that work on three satellites Nahid1, Zafar and Pars1 has been accelerated and they will be launched before the current Iranian ...

Press TV - An official from the Iranian Space Research Center (ISRC) says the institute has completed the development of one satellite and is making final preparations on two others for launch into orbit. In an interview with IRNA news agency on Sunday, Hadi Rezayi, the deputy of research and technology at the ISRC, said that while other countries ...

Financial Tribune Iran will develop three satellites before the end of the current fiscal year (March 19, 2020) comes to an end, Iranian Space Agencys chief said. Despite [US] sanctions against Tehran, Iran is set to develop three satellites before the current Iranian year ends, ISA Director Morteza Barari was also quoted as saying on ICT Ministrys ...

MNA The Iranian ICT minister said that three new satellites are under construction to be sent to space. Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said on Tue. that Iran has been able to record its name among 11 countries in the construction and deployment of satellite in the space regardless of failure or ...

IRNA - Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad Javad Jahromi and Head of United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) Simonetta Di Pippo reviewed promoting cooperation on satellite technology. Jahromi said that unfortunately, Iran is facing various natural disasters citing the recent floods. Referring ...

Press TV - Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi says the country plans to launch three domestically-developed satellites into orbit as it presses ahead with its aerospace program despite US warnings. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Reuters on the sidelines of the International Telecommunication ...

FNA - President of Amir Kabir University of Technology Seyed Ahmad Motamedi underlined Iran's capability to orbit high-quality satellites in an altitude 500km above the Earth. "We are able to send satellites to the 500-km altitude and we can design satellites based on international standards," Motamedi said, addressing a meeting in Tehran on Saturday....

FNA - Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi announced the country's plans to purchase a satellite to be placed into the geostationary orbit. Speaking to reporters in Tehran on Monday, Azari Jahromi said the country is serious about "purchasing a satellite with international cooperation". He added that ...

Tasnim Iranian Minister of Communication and Information Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said the countrys satellite launches have never been meant for military purposes or linked with the Islamic Republics missile program. Addressing a ceremony held in Tehran on Sunday to mark the National Space Technology Day, Azari Jahromi said some ...