Several international satellite providers, including Eutelsat and Intelsat, stopped the broadcast of a number of Iranian channels on July 1, 2013.[/caption]Tehran, Sept 7, IRNA - The director of Iran Space Agency (ISA) Hamid Fazeli said on Saturday the country will send the second living creature into the space by late October.
Fazeli highlighted that the Islamic Republic of Iran successfully sent the first living animal into space by a solid-fuel capsule in the last Iranian calendar year (ended March 20, 2013).
Sending liquid-fuel capsule into space has many advantages including the high precision and better navigational and controlling systems, he added.
Fazeli underlined that the indigenous satellites including Tadbir, Sharif and Nahid are planned to be placed into orbit by the end of current Iranian year.
Iran is one of the 24 founding members of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, which was set up in 1959.
By IRNA
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