{"id":369362,"date":"2025-12-26T05:17:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T05:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/369362\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T05:17:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T05:17:12","slug":"iran-to-launch-three-satellites-in-3-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/369362\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran to Launch Three Satellites in 3 Days &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WANA (Dec 25) \u2013 While Iranian aerospace specialists at the University of Science and Technology have previously achieved successes such as placing the \u201cNavid,\u201d \u201cTadbir,\u201d and \u201cZafar 1\u201d satellites into orbit, now, after four years of continuous effort by young Iranian scientists, the new \u201cZafar 2\u201d satellite, along with<a href=\"https:\/\/wanaen.com\/irans-private-kowsar-satellite-enters-final-pre-launch-stage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> two other satellites<\/a>, is ready for its mission.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Technical Features of the Zafar 2 Satellite<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Hossein Bolandi, Head of the Space Research Center at the University of Science and Technology, stated regarding the technical details of this achievement:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Zafar 2 satellite consists of 84 different pieces of equipment and over 64,000 parts, all of which were designed and assembled by domestic specialists.<br \/>\nCompared to its predecessor (Zafar 1), this satellite features a 34% improvement in resolution and imaging accuracy.<br \/>\nUnlike previous models that sent black-and-white images, Zafar 2 is equipped with a high-quality color camera.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45496\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45496\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Paya (Tolou-3) satellite. Social media\/ WANA News Agency\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WANA-Paya-Tolou-3-satellite-2.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-45496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paya (Tolou-3) satellite. Social media\/ WANA News Agency<\/p>\n<p>Communication and Operational Capabilities<\/p>\n<p>Zafar 2 is not just an imaging tool; it possesses extensive communication capabilities:<\/p>\n<p>It provides the possibility of simultaneous communication for 256 users.<br \/>\nUsers can exchange hundreds of lines of information from remote areas with ground stations.<br \/>\nThe satellite has the capacity to image 2,000 square kilometers of the Earth\u2019s surface on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Practical Applications in Improving Quality of Life<\/p>\n<p>This space achievement will be utilized in various fields, including:<\/p>\n<p>Meteorology and Geology.<br \/>\nCrisis Management: Precise monitoring of natural disasters such as earthquakes.<br \/>\nTransportation: Monitoring and coverage of the country\u2019s road networks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46395\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46395\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Integration of Zafar-2 and Paya Satellites onto the Soyuz Launch Vehicle\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WANA-Integration-of-Zafar-2-and-Paya-Satellites-onto-the-Soyuz-Launch-Vehiclejpg-2.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-46395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Integration of Zafar-2 and Paya Satellites onto the Soyuz Launch Vehicle. Social media\/ WANA News Agency<\/p>\n<p>The Upcoming Mission<\/p>\n<p>According to Hassan Salarieh, Head of the Iranian Space Agency, the Zafar 2 satellite, along with two other satellites named \u201cPaya\u201d and \u201cKowsar 1.5\u201d (the second version of Kowsar), are scheduled to be placed into orbit in the coming week. All three are sensing satellites with color imaging capabilities, representing another milestone for the country\u2019s space industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The three domestically developed Iranian satellites are scheduled to be launched into space aboard Russia\u2019s Soyuz launch vehicle on December 28 at 04:48 P.M. Iran time. The LEO orbit will host three Iranian satellites, which will be launched simultaneously from Russia\u2019s Vostochny Cosmodrome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WANA (Dec 25) \u2013 While Iranian aerospace specialists at the University of Science and Technology have previously achieved&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[49,48,5897,158085,158086,17274,66,306,158087],"class_list":["post-369362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-iran","tag-kowsar","tag-paya","tag-satellites","tag-science","tag-space","tag-zafar-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}