Press TV - An official from the Iranian Space Research Center (ISRC) says the institute has completed the development of one satellite and is making final preparations on two others for launch into orbit. In an interview with IRNA news agency on Sunday, Hadi Rezayi, the deputy of research and technology at the ISRC, said that while other countries ...

[caption id="attachment_74080" align="alignright" width="180"] Iran launched its first domestically-produced satellite Omid (Hope) via Safir (Ambassador) carrier (shown) into orbit in 2009.[/caption] An Iranian aerospace official says the country plans to send its first indigenous telecommunications satellite into space by March 2018. Based ...