TEHRAN, August 18 (RIA Novosti) - Iran plans to send into orbit several domestic satellites by 2010, the head of the country's aerospace agency said on Monday.
Iranian state news agency IRNA reported on Sunday that an Iranian carrier rocket, Safir, had successfully orbited the country's first domestically built satellite, named Omid (Hope).
"We are currently working on a series of satellites that will be put into orbit within the next two years," Reza Taghipour said.
He said the satellites will aid natural disaster management programs and improve telecommunications.
The space official stressed that all of Iran's missile and space technology has been developed by national specialists, without foreign assistance.
Safir is Iran's first domestically made satellite carrier, capable of putting lightweight satellites into low earth orbit.
