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Iran to launch highly-advanced satellite soon: Minister
He added that the satellite is in the final stage expressing his hope that its data will be used soon, reported Fars News Agency.
The minister went on to say that following the successful launch of Pars 1 satellite, all its subsystems were tested one by one as the tests were successful.
Zarepour said in March that the Islamic Republic is among the top 10 countries in manufacturing satellite and space launch vehicle.
Iran is in possession of the base for launching satellite-carrying rockets into space and ground stations to receive data from satellites, he noted.
Despite sanctions imposed by Western countries in recent years, Iran has taken giant strides in the civilian space program.
Late in February, Iran successfully put into orbit the domestically-built Pars 1 research-sensing satellite. The 134-kilogram satellite was launched by a Soyuz rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s far eastern Amur region.