Jun 19, 2011, 9:15 PM

‘Iran receives first images and data sent by Rasad Satellite’

‘Iran receives first images and data sent by Rasad Satellite’

TEHRAN, June 19 (MNA) – Iran announced on Sunday that it has received the first images and telemetric data sent by the country's second domestically-manufactured satellite, 'Rasad' (Observation in English) which was sent into orbit on Wednesday evening.

The satellite weighs 15.3 kilograms and has been designed to orbit the Earth 15 times a day at a height of 260 kilometers.

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