MNA � Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Monday that an Iranian-made satellite named �Payam� will be put into orbit at 600 kilometers altitude above Earth in the near future.

Rouhani made the announcement while addressing a group of people in Golestan province during his provincial visit on Monday.

He said homegrown �Payam� satellite will be put into orbit at an altitude of 600 kilometers above Earth on a satellite-carrier rocket in the coming days. Rouhani added that the two are made by Iranian scientists at Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT).

The president explained that Payam is Iran�s first operational satellite with a mission to send daily information about the country's climate and agricultural lands.

He added that the satellite would pass over Iran�s airspace six times a day.