Iran to build satellite with APSCO

The Director of the Iranian Space Agency Hamid Fazeli announced yesterday that Iran will design and build a remote sensing satellite in cooperation with the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO).
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Mr. Fazeli told the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) on Sunday that Iran has been an active member of APSCO and plans to play a significant part in building the satellite.

Earlier in mid-March, Iran successfully launched its first domestically-made bio-capsule into space by Kavoshgar 4 (Explorer 4) satellite carrier.

Aerospace researchers of the Iranian Space Agency carried out the launch, which was aimed at testing the function of programming systems and subsystems.

The Islamic Republic also launched its first domestically-built satellite, Omid (hope), into orbit in 2009.

The Omid data-processing satellite was designed to transmit data via two frequency bands and eight antennas to an Iranian space station.

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