Iran satellite launch delayed

The launch of a new Iranian satellite, which was to take place later this month, has been delayed as the device is still being developed, Telecommunications Minister Reza Taghipour said. The minister had announced in July that the satellite, Rasad 1 (Observation), which would be Iran's second home-built satellite to be sent into space, would be launched in the last week of August. But Taghipour was cited late on Sunday by state television's website as saying that the satellite, to be used for transmitting images and weather forecasts, will now be launched in the second half of the current Iranian year to March 2011. More

(Source: Sydney Morning Herald - Aug 16)