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Seyyed Mahdi Farahi made the remarks in a press briefing at Amirkabir University of Technology in Tehran on Wednesday, adding that the manufacturing work on the satellite that will be mounted on Simorgh is also underway.
Farahi expressed hope that the work on the satellite would also be completed by the end of the year but noted that, considering the sophisticated technical issues involved in the field of aerospace, he cannot mention a specific date for the completion of the project.
He also announced plans to launch the Amirkabir Satellite, a space model of which is currently being built, via the Safir satellite carrier.
The Iranian official also stressed that the development of Iran’s aerospace infrastructures is among the main tasks of the center and that the objective is being pursued in all engineering universities across the country.
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