New Iranian Satellite to be Unveiled in February

New Iranian Satellite to be Unveiled in February

A new Iranian satellite, AUT SAT, will be unveiled during the “Ten-Day Dawn” (February 1-11) according to a report from the Iranian Mehr News Agency (MHR). The 70-80 kilogram satellite is being designed by scientists at Iran’s Amir-Kabir University of Technology (AUT) to assess damage from earthquakes, droughts and other natural disasters, according to MHR.

Iran conducted its first successful space launch in February 2009, placing the Omid (Hope) store-and-forward communications satellite into orbit. The satellite reentered in April 2009. Russia launched Iran’s first satellite, Sina-1, in 2005.

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