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February 6, 2009
No. 13538

Iranian Space Agency Head: Iran Will Build More Satellites

Iranian Space Agency president Reza Taqipour has announced that Iran will build more satellites with specific features and for special missions.

Taqipour said that based on a 10-year program, Iran will build more satellites and will place more satellites into orbit within two years of the successful launch of its first domestically-built satellite, the Omid, earlier this week.

Source: Fars, Iran, February 6, 2009

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