Iran seeks to launch new satellite into space
Iran is preparing to launch "Sharif" satellite into space by February 11, 2015.
Iran's Vice President for executive affairs Mohammad Shariatmadari told Fars News that Iran's Defense Ministry has announced readiness for launching the satellite.
Iranian experts have finished the construction of the indigenous satellite in June 2013 and it was announced that "Sharif" would be launched into space in three months.
Shariatmadri said everything is ready for launching the satellite, simultaneously with the marking of Iran's Islamic Revolution day. Iran's Islamic Revolution happened in 1979.
More than 100 Iranian students, scholars and academics have been involved in designing and constructing the indigenous satellite, which weighs less than 50 kilograms.