Tehran, Jan 16, IRNA- Experts and scientists at Iran’s Department ofAerospace Industry have managed to put into orbit Payam (Messenger)satellite, using satellite-carrier Simorgh (Phoenix), Iran’s minister ofdefense and armed forces said Wednesday.
Brigadier General Amir Hatami congratulated the 40th anniversary of theglorious victory of the Islamic Revolution and the defeat of the arrogantfront and also offered congratulations to the Iranian dignified nation onthe major achievement.
He hailed the efforts of the Iranian scientists, researchers and experts atthe Department of Aerospace Industry to design, build and launchsatellite-carriers which have put Iran among the space capable nations.
Hatami said designing and building bigger satellites-carriers are on theDepartment of Aerospace Industry agenda.
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Elaborating on the specifications of the satellite-carrier, he said in thefirst development, the propulsion system consisted of four cluster engineswhile the flight control system used four engines.
In the second development phase, Hatami added, the propulsion system of thesatellite-carrier uses two engines.
