Space technology makes us more aware of environment: minister

TEHRAN – Space technology helps us to have more knowledge about the environment, Information and Communication Technology Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said on Tuesday, IRNA reported.

By Setareh Behroozi

Space tech development won’t wait for other countries: minister

TEHRAN -- Iran will not hold off development in the field of space technology and cannot wait for other countries to meet its needs, the information and communication technology minister told the Tehran Times during a press conference at the Iranian Space Research Center (ISRC) on Sunday.

Iranian space satellites pass pre-launch tests

TEHRAN – Payam, Dousti and Nahid satellites have passed pre-launch testing and are ready to be launched.

Homegrown ‘Dousti’ satellite manufactured 

TEHRAN -- A new satellite named ‘Dousti’, literally meaning ‘friendship’, has been manufactured domestically and its ground stations have already been built, the head of the Iranian Space Agency announced on his Instagram account, Mehr reported on Monday.

Iranian homegrown satellite to be launched by yearend

TEHRAN – Three Iranian domestically-made satellites will launch into space during the current Iranian calendar year (to be ended on March 20, 2019), the Iranian Space Agency (ISA) Director Morteza Barari said on Monday.