Defense Minister: New space projects to be unveiled
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, Jan 30, IRNA -- Defense Minister Brigadier-General Ahmad Vahidi said on Sunday that different high-tech projects such as domestically-made satellites named 'Rasad and Fajr' are ready for inauguration.
'Fajr satellite is the first domestic orbit-oriented satellite with the ability of changing its oval orbit between 300 to 450 kilometers that leads to increasing the life of satellite to 1.5 years,' he added.
Brigadier-General Vahidi also referred to Rasad satellite as the first video satellite with the capability of grabbing video images with the resolution of more than 200 meters.
'Explorer-4 is another space project of the Islamic Republic of Iran with the capacity of transporting space laboratory to a height of more than 120 kilometers above atmosphere,' he added.
Pointing to the missions of fixed earth station, Brigadier-General Vahidi noted that this station can be used for receiving images from remote sensory satellites with the antenna diameter of six meters.
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