Payam Satellite to be launched into space in coming days: Iranian President
ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency
Mon / 14 January 2019 / 14:58
Tehran (ISNA) – Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani announced that Iran will launch two satellites into the space in coming days.
He made the remarks during a visit to Golestan Province on Monday.
"In the coming days, we will launch two satellites into space," President Rouhani said.
"Payam Satellite will be released into an orbit of 600 kilometres above the Earth by a domestic carrier rocket made by our scientists in Amir Kabir University," he added.
He also said, "Payam Satellite is Iran's first operational satellite with the mission of sending territorial information on a daily basis".
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