Iran launched a fully Iranian built data-processing national satellite on Monday night. The launching of the satellite, coincides with the 30th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. The satellite was launched using Safir-2 rocket and was successfully set into orbit.
Omid data-processing satellite project was launched on developing national strategic technologies in line with the Software Movement underway by Iranian universities. The project started in March 2005 at “Saa Iran” industries as the first practical step toward acquiring national space technology. Its main objective is to prepare the grounds for promoting national space industry in Iran. The project’s experts focused on manufacturing the equipment and helping develop potentials of the domestic companies to carry out such projects.
Omid Sat
Source : IRNA
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