TEHRAN, Feb 3 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran, yesterday, unveiled three new domestically developed satellites, in the Iranian capital, Tehran, to mark its National Space Technology Day.
The satellites, namely Navak-1, Pars-2, and an upgraded model of Pars-1, were unveiled in a ceremony, attended by Iranian President, Masoud Pezeshkian, Minister of Information and Communications Technology, Seyyed Sattar Hashemi, as well as, a number of cabinet members, officials, and military commanders, the report said.
Developed by the Iranian Space Research Centre, the Navak-1 communications satellite is designed to test the function of an improved version of the homegrown Simorgh, to be launched in the near future. The carrier is expected to put the satellite into an elliptic orbit.
Weighing approximately 34 kg, Navak-1 is equipped with a dosimetry payload to measure cosmic rays, the report said, adding, the satellite has a magnetometer sensor, to measure the Earth’s electromagnetic field.
The Pars-2 remote-sensing satellite weighs 150 kg, and is equipped with two imaging payloads with two different homegrown linear position sensors.
The satellite features a propeller and is capable of carrying out diverse missions in the fields of environmental monitoring, forestry, natural disaster response, and urban management.
The upgraded model of Pars-1 remote-sensing satellite, weighing under 150 kg, has three imaging payloads: multispectral, short-wave infrared, and thermal infrared.
The satellite is powered by energy, generated from its gallium arsenide solar cells, according to the report. The first model of the satellite, weighing 134 kg, was launched on Feb 29, last year, aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket, from the Vostochny space base.
Speaking at another ceremony in Tehran yesterday, to mark the occasion, Iranian Defence Minister, Aziz Nasirzadeh, said, the country plans to conduct two space launches in the coming weeks, before the end of the current Iranian calendar year, on Mar 20.– NNN-IRNA
