Iran sends a domestically-built satellite into space with a mission to gather information on environmental changes, but the spacecraft fails to reach the orbit due to a technical problem in the final stage of the launch.

Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi tweeted on Tuesday that the Payam (message) satellite’s carrier had gone through successful testing of its first and second stages, but it had failed to reach the required speed in the third stage.

“The Payam satellite was successfully launched this morning with the Basir satellite carrier. But the satellite unfortunately failed to be placed in orbit in the final stage,” said the minister.

Azari Jahromi, however, stressed that Iran plans to launch another low Earth orbit satellite, Doosti (friendship).

“This time, with extra efforts, we would show the world that Doosti would be a success,” he added.

The Payam satellite has high-precision cameras capable of taking photos with a precision of 40 meters, which can be then used for agricultural development purposes, studying vegetation and forests, silviculture and other peaceful goals.

PressTV-‘Iran uses domestic launchers to put satellites into orbit’

PressTV-‘Iran uses domestic launchers to put satellites into orbit’

An official of the Iranian Space Agency (ISA) says Iran is the sole country in the region with its own satellite launchers.

Iran launched its first locally-built satellite, Omid (Hope), in 2009. The country also sent its first bio-capsule containing living creatures into space in February 2010, using Kavoshgar (Explorer)-3 carrier.

In February 2015, Iran placed its domestically-made Fajr (Dawn) satellite into orbit, which is capable of taking and transmitting high-quality and accurate pictures to stations on Earth.Source: presstv.com