Its good news for the Muslim World often looked as having been left behind in terms of developments as Iran’s minister of communications and information technology says data was received four times today, as scheduled, from the remote-sensing Khayyam satellite, which was launched into orbit on board a Russian rocket a day earlier.
Faraan: “Today, we received signal from the Khayyam satellite four times at the Iranian Space Agency’s (ISA) Mahdasht space base,” Issa Zarepour announced on Wednesday. He also noted that the production line of such satellites will remain active in cooperation with Russia, adding that it is a great honor for Iranian technicians to work alongside Russian technicians who have more than 6 decades of experience in the field.
Hours after the launch on Tuesday, Iran confirmed the reception of the first telemetry data from the Iranian-made satellite. Equipped with a Fregat upper stage, Khayyam satellite was sent into orbit by Soyuz-2.1b rocket, from the Moscow-operated Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. According to the reports, the satellite will send high-resolution images four times a day.
Imagery from Khayyam will be used to monitor Iran’s borders and improve the country’s capabilities in management and planning in the fields of agriculture, natural resources, environment, mining, and natural disasters. It is a breakthrough for Iran under sanctions. On Tuesday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kan’ani praised as a breakthrough the launch of Iranian “Khayyam” satellite into orbit, saying the scientific achievements of the country will continue despite sanctions.
“The launch of the Khayyam satellite into space is the latest achievement of Iranian space scientists for peaceful purposes and another golden page in the history of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s scientific achievements,” Kan’ani said. “The bright path of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s scientific and technological progress continues despite the sanctions and the maximum pressure of the enemies,” he added.
