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Iran unveils flight models of Kowsar, Hodhod satellites
The models were put on display on Sunday at a ceremony, where the active figures of the private sector had gathered to honor the endeavors of late President Ebrahim Raisi in the aerospace field, Press TV reported.
The Kowsar satellite is expected to be placed at a distance of 500 kilometers from the Earth’s surface this autumn aboard the Russian rocket Soyuz.
It can be used for agricultural, mapping and demarcation purposes.
The satellite is equipped with two cameras and can take images with a resolution of 3.45 meters.
Back in February, Iran successfully launched the indigenously-manufactured Pars 1 research-sensing satellite by a Soyuz rocket from Russia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome spaceport.
It came one month after the country simultaneously put into orbit the Mahda research satellite, as well as the Keyhan-2 and Hatef-1 nanosatellites, using the Simorgh (Phoenix) carrier.
Iran is among the world’s top 10 countries capable of developing and launching satellites.