Iran's Domestically-Made 'Pars 1' Satellite Launched into Orbit
The Iranian research satellite will scan Iran's topography from an orbit of 500 km.
The remote Pars 1 research-sensing satellite, launched by a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome, weighs 134 kg (295 pounds). The satellite is equipped with three cameras.
The Pars 1 will advance the utilization of measurement data among various institutions and devices while fostering the growth of the measurement data market within the country.
Its mission revolves around transmitting images to the ground, facilitated by a transmitter operating in the X-band telecommunication spectrum at a rate of Mbps.
This satellite marks the inaugural use of the X-band link, a significant achievement poised to enhance data transmission speeds from satellite to Earth for subsequent satellites. Ground stations are equipped to receive satellite images efficiently, further bolstering the functionality of the Pars 1 mission.
On Wednesday, Iranian Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Issa Zarepour, announced "Pars 1, an imaging satellite, has been entirely produced within Iran."
The Pars 1 is the first and most advanced homegrown remote-sensing satellite which has been designed and constructed by the researchers of the Iranian Space Research Center.
Iran is standing among the top 10 countries leading the space industry and among the 7 states leading the bio-space.
Late in Jajuary, Iran launched three home-made satellites simultaneously into space.
Mahda, Keyhan-2 and Hatef-1 were three home-made satellites that Iran successfully put into orbit on the back of a single launcher dubbed Simorq (Phoenix).
The three satellites were launched from Imam Khomeini Space Launch Terminal in Semnan province in the Northeastern part of Iran with a minimum altitude of 450 kilometers and a maximum of 1,100 kilometers above the Earth's surface.
Weighing 32 kilograms, Mahda is a research satellite designed and manufactured at the Iranian Space Research Center. It is a lightweight satellite developed to test advanced satellite subsystems.
The performance of Simorq launcher, manufactured by the Iranian Defense Ministry, was assessed by Mahda in multiple injections of space cargo in low altitudes, and the satellite also evaluated new designs and the reliability of indigenous technologies in space.
Hatef-1and Keyhan-2, two cubic nanosatellites weighing less than 10 kilograms, were developed by Iran Electronics Industries, a state-owned subsidiary of the Defense Ministry.
Hatef-1 seeks proving the use of narrowband communication technology in the internet of things (IoT).
Keyhan-2 was made for space-based positioning. It has status determination and control subsystems to aim stably and precisely towards the Earth.
Iran sent its first bio-capsule containing living creatures into space in February 2010, using an Explorer (Kavoshgar) carrier.
Iran launched its first satellite, called Omid (literally meaning hope), in 2009. Rasad (literally meaning observation) satellite was also sent into orbit in 2011.
In 2012, Iran successfully put its third domestically manufactured satellite, named Navid (literally meaning promise), into orbit.
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