Tasnim� Iran�s joint projects with other countries in the space field will yield results in the near future, Head of Iran�s National Space Center Manouchehr Manteqi said.





Iran has begun international cooperation in space projects, Manteqi said on Sunday, adding that there was no such cooperation in the past.

�Today, joint projects and cooperation with other countries are being developed or implemented and the people will soon witness the results (of the projects),� he said.

Iran successfully launched into orbit its first indigenous data-processing satellite, Omid (Hope), back on February 2, 2009.

As part of a comprehensive plan to develop its space program, Iran also successfully launched its second satellite, dubbed Rassad (Observation), into the earth�s orbit in June 2011. Rassad�s mission was to take images of the earth and transmit them along with telemetry information to ground stations.

The country�s third domestically-built Navid-e Elm-o Sanat (Harbinger of Science and Industry) satellite was sent into orbit in February 2012.

In January 2013, Iran sent a monkey into space aboard an indigenous bio-capsule code-named Pishgam (Pioneer).

And later in December 2013, the country�s scientists successfully sent a monkey, called �Fargam� or Auspicious, into space aboard Pajoheshan (Research) indigenous rocket and returned the live simian back to earth safely.