Financial Tribune - Iran will put three satellites into orbit before the current Iranian year ends in March 2020, Iranian Space Agency�s chief said.

In an interview published on ICT Ministry�s website, Morteza Barari added that work on three satellites Nahid1, Zafar and Pars1 has been accelerated and they will be launched before the current Iranian year ends.

According to Barari, Iran�s first communication satellite Nahid1 is ready for launch and will soon be put into orbit.

�Nahid1 will fly 250 kilometers above the Earth and remain in orbit for 2.5 months. We will test new technologies during the mission, namely a deployable/retractable solar panel system for satellites, an inter-satellite communication system and a three-axis control system for satellites,� he said.