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Iran to conduct another orbital launch by March 20th:
"the country will launch another satellite by the end of the current Iranian calendar year" [March 20th]
candidates: Simorgh, Zoljanah, Qaem-100, Qaem-105
I would guess Zoljanah.
Iran allocates $500m budget to space program
"He further noted that a $500 million budget will be allocated for the development and progress of the space industry, $150 million of which has been earmarked already"
not clear over what time period this will be, but great news in any event - that's a serious budget for a serious space program. @Hack-Hook do you know? I would guess $500m is over 5 years since those are the government development intervals.
Russia to send two Iranian satellites (Kowsar-2 and Hodhod) into orbit in May-June 2024
"The construction of the Kowsar satellite took 4 years," Aghili highlighted, "and with the experience gained from this satellite, we were able to build the Hodhod satellite in one year."
Aghili added, "Currently, these two satellites are in the assembly testing phase."
He added, "We conducted a test phase in Russia with the hope that these satellites would be launched in Azar of the current year, but the launch was delayed. If it is supposed to take place in Khordad (May-June) of next year, once again, in Ordibehesht (April) of next year, we will assemble the satellite in Russia and perform the necessary tests."
Kowsar-2 is an imaging satellite with 3.5m resolution and Hodhod is a IoT cubesat.
Russia is also due to send Khayyam-2, Khayyam-3 and Khayyam-4 satellites into orbit over the coming years.
"the country will launch another satellite by the end of the current Iranian calendar year" [March 20th]
candidates: Simorgh, Zoljanah, Qaem-100, Qaem-105
I would guess Zoljanah.
Iran allocates $500m budget to space program
"He further noted that a $500 million budget will be allocated for the development and progress of the space industry, $150 million of which has been earmarked already"
not clear over what time period this will be, but great news in any event - that's a serious budget for a serious space program. @Hack-Hook do you know? I would guess $500m is over 5 years since those are the government development intervals.
Russia to send two Iranian satellites (Kowsar-2 and Hodhod) into orbit in May-June 2024
"The construction of the Kowsar satellite took 4 years," Aghili highlighted, "and with the experience gained from this satellite, we were able to build the Hodhod satellite in one year."
Aghili added, "Currently, these two satellites are in the assembly testing phase."
He added, "We conducted a test phase in Russia with the hope that these satellites would be launched in Azar of the current year, but the launch was delayed. If it is supposed to take place in Khordad (May-June) of next year, once again, in Ordibehesht (April) of next year, we will assemble the satellite in Russia and perform the necessary tests."
Kowsar-2 is an imaging satellite with 3.5m resolution and Hodhod is a IoT cubesat.
Russia is also due to send Khayyam-2, Khayyam-3 and Khayyam-4 satellites into orbit over the coming years.
