Iran To Launch Zafar Satellite At Earliest Possible Opportunity - Defense Ministry
Daniyal Sohail Published February 08, 2020 | 07:30 AM
TEHRAN (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 08th February, 2020) Iran will launch its Zafar satellite at the earliest possible opportunity, spokesman for the Iranian Defense Ministry's Space Group Ahmad Hosseini said.
On Monday, Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said that Tehran hoped to launch the satellite before Saturday.
"The launch will take place ... at the earliest possible opportunity," Hosseini said on Friday, as quoted by the Iranian Defense Ministry.
According to the official, the Simorgh carrier rocket and Zafar satellite have already been prepared for the launch from the Imam Khomeini Space Center in the northern province of Semnan.
Hosseini added that the satellite would be launched as part of a scientific mission.
In January 2019, Iran failed to launch several satellites into orbit. Several Western countries have condemned its space initiatives, claiming that they violate the UN Security Council Resolution 2231. The United States insists that the document forbids Iran to launch rockets, while Russia says that the resolution's precise phrasing simply urges Tehran to refrain from doing so.
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