Iran plans to send a first indigenous satellite designed to carry out long-term operations into space in the near future, using home-grown technology, President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday.
“A satellite-carrier rocket manufactured by scientists at the Amirkabir University [of Technology] will soon place the Payam satellite into an orbit of 600 km,” he told a public gathering during his visit to Golestan Province, his website reported.
"The satellite will monitor weather, agriculture-related activities, territorial waters and forests, and relay communications on a regular basis."
The president noted that Payam is the first satellite that is supposed to have a long lifespan.
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