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December 25, 2012

Iran set to unveil new domestic satellite
Tehran (UPI) Dec 24, 2012
Iran's space agency says it will unveil a domestically manufactured satellite named the Nahid in February on Iran's National Space Technology Day. "The project to complete the satellite is going well, and we hope that the satellite will be unveiled on National Space Technology Day" Feb. 2, Hamid Fazeli, director of the Iran Space Agency, said. The Nahid will join two other satellites - Fjar (Dawn) and Sharifsat - in Iran's space program although Fazeli did not elaborate on the technolo ... read more

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