"The satellite has been built at Iran's Elm-o-Sanaat University and its launch has been postponed until 2014 as it is to be launched by Simorgh satellite carrier," he said. He further added that Tadbir (Expedient) satellite, which is to be launched into space soon, has been built using new navigation systems. The imaging precision of this remote-sensing satellite is greater than the previous satellite, 'Navid' (Promise). The satellite is scheduled to be placed into an orbit of 250-370km away from the Earth after the required tests have been completed, which last for three months.

Iran sent a monkey into space aboard an indigenous bio-capsule code-named Pishgam (Pioneer) in January 2013. The country also successfully launched its first indigenous data-processing satellite, Omid (Hope), into orbit in 2009.

As part of a plan to develop its space program, Iran also successfully launched its second satellite, dubbed Rassad (Observation), into Earth orbit in June 2011. Rassad's mission was to capture images of the Earth and transmit them, along with telemetry information, to ground stations.