Tuesday, 10 May 2022 (YJC)_ Iranian Minister of Communications and Information Technology said homemade satellite has sent high-resolution true-color images.
Posting two images on his Instagram page, Iranian Minister of Communications and Information Technology Issa Zare'pour said homemade satellite has sent high-resolution true-color images.
“Iran’s new reconnaissance satellite, Nour-2, has sent high-resolution true-color images, which show flat views of a stretch of land in Marvdasht in Fars province and Khormoj in Bushehr province in Southern Iran,” he said.
He went on to add that “This is the first time that a domestic satellite has sent back high resolution true-color images,” noted that this happens despite the sanctions and now Iran has the technology to develop, launch and place satellites in Earth orbits and succeeded in using satellite technology.
A new reconnaissance satellite named 'Nour-2' has been successfully launched into the orbit in March by the IRGC Aerospace Force
'Nour-2' satellite was sent to the space on the back of the home-built launcher Qassed (messenger) and was placed into the orbit at an altitude of 500 km.