Iran to launch new indigenous satellite soon: official

Iran plans to launch a new advanced home-made satellite into the orbit in near future, an Iranian aerospace official says. The satellite dubbed Tadbir (Prudence) is an upgraded version of the Navid-e Elm-o Sanat (Harbinger of Science and Industry) satellite which was earlier put into space, Hossein Bolandi, Head of Satellite Technical Support Department at Tehran's University of Science and Technology, said on Saturday. The satellite has Global Positioning System (GPS) as well as higher precision in taking photos in comparison to Navid-e Elm-o Sanat satellite, Bolandi added. More

(Source: HispanicBusiness.com - Oct 6)