In an interview with a national Iranian television correspondent on Friday, Vahid Yazdanian pointed out the launch of the satellite, saying, “We have defined a set of research satellites aimed at testing various satellite subsystems.
Research-1, 2, 3 and 4 satellites are satellites built in collaboration with the civilian and academic sectors, he emphasized.
Nahid-2 (meaning Venus) is an advanced version of Nahid-1, a communications satellite that allows Iran to enter the space and communications industry.
Since 2005, Iran has joined the clubs of space countries by sending SINA-1 satellites sent into orbit with the help of Russia. Since then, the Iranian Space Agency has been planning to use domestic space use and expand space technology using international cooperation on local knowledge and agendas.
Previously, the Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) said that three equipped space bases will be released domestically by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (starting March 21, 2025).
On the occasion of “Global Communications and Information Society Day” on Saturday, Sattar Hasemi said the development of satellites and launching a massive project that includes satellite bases in Chabahar, Salma and Chenaran will be entrusted before the end of the current Iranian calendar year.
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