TEHRAN, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Iran on Tuesday unveiled two homegrown satellites dubbed Nahid-2 and Tolou-3 at a ceremony in Tehran, according to the IRIB news agency.
Tolou-3 is an earth observation satellite constructed by Iran Electronics Industries. With a weight of 150 kilograms, Tolou-3 is Iran's heaviest satellite. It is expected to be put into an orbit 500 kilometers above the earth, said the report.
Nahid-2, built by Iranian Space Research Center, is a communications satellite with a minimum lifespan of two years and will be sent into an orbit 500 kilometers above the earth, it added.
Both satellites have been constructed at the order of the Iranian Space Agency and are ready for launch, the report said.
Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology Isa Zarepour said at the ceremony that another homegrown satellite, named Zafar (Triumph), will be ready for launch by May, according to Iranian Students' News Agency.
In August 2022, Iran successfully launched the Khayyam satellite into space from the Baikonur space station in Kazakhstan by Russia's Soyuz satellite carrier rocket. ■
