Iran Unveils New Satellites, Carrier
Iran on Wednesday unveiled three new satellites and a satellite carrier, a year after it placed its first domestic research satellite into orbit.
According to Press TV, the three satellites — Tolou, Mesbah 2 and Navid — are telecommunication satellites and have been designed and produced domestically.
Mesbah 2 is a low-orbit communications satellite, which will be eased in orbit 400 to 1600 miles above the earth.
It is designed to make the trip around the globe every couple of hours.
According to IRIB, no date has been set for the test-flight of a Mesbah 2 prototype, currently under manufacture.
In the inauguration ceremony attended by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian Aerospace Organization (IAO) also unveiled the country's first domestic satellite carrier engine, called Simorgh.
On February 3, 2009, Iran placed a research satellite, Omid, into orbit, which carried experimental satellite control devices, communications equipment and power supply systems to a distance of 250 to 350 kilometers above the earth's atmosphere.
Source: irib.ir
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