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Satellite successfully orbits 500 kilometers of Earth/ Releases first images in 4 months

Alireza Naeimi, director general of operations and space operations of the Iranian Space Agency, said in an interview: During the process carried out by the satellite, after an hour, it was separated from the satellite and placed in a circular orbit 500 kilometers from the earth's surface. Half an hour after that, we received the first telemetry data.

He added: "Receiving the first signals was very happy and satisfying for us and it can be said that the Khayyam satellite is in a very good position.

Naeemi said: "The satellite is not yet in a situation where we can say that it has entered the functional stage. To achieve this, we need about four months to provide people with images from this satellite. 

The Khayyam satellite has high imaging accuracy and broadcasts images at a resolution of one meter to the ground.

This satellite is owned and operated by the Islamic Republic of Iran. From ground stations in the territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran, guidance and control and information and images sent will be received in these stations.

The Khayyam satellite weighs 600 kilograms, and as such, its launch has been handed over to the Russian Space Agency to launch and orbit by satellite over Soyuz.

It should be noted that the Soyuz launcher has the highest reliability percentage among the launchers in different countries of the world and so far the largest number of successful space missions in the world has been carried out by this launcher.

What are the features of Khayyam satellite?

The satellite is a sensing type with high imaging accuracy and is 1 meter with resolution images. The satellite is also capable of shooting from the earth's surface across different visual spectrums.

The Khayyam satellite, under the rule and operation of the Islamic Republic of Iran, will be directed and controlled from ground stations on the territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and information and images will be received at these stations.

It should be noted that due to the high weight of this Iranian satellite, its launch has been handed over to the Russian Space Agency to be launched and put into orbit by a soyuz satellite.

The Soyuz launcher has the highest reliability percentage among launchers from different countries around the world, and so far the largest number of successful space missions in the world have been conducted by the launcher.