Tomorrow Iranian satellites ‘Kowsar’ and ‘Hodhod’ will be launched from Russia

The Russian Soyuz carrier rocket with two Iranian satellites on board will launch on November 5. It is known that the launch will take place from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

“In continuation of the development of scientific and technological Iranian-Russian cooperation, two Iranian satellites, ‘Kowsar’ and ‘Hodhod’, will be launched into a 500-kilometer orbit of the Earth on Tuesday at 2:48 Tehran time by a Soyuz launch vehicle,” the Islamic Republic’s Ambassador to Moscow, Kazem Jalali, reported on social networks, According to Oreanda.

The ambassador noted that the satellites were created by a private Iranian company, which will be the first step in the commercialization of Iranian space.

The crew of the Shenzhou-18 spacecraft delivered materials from the station to Earth.

According to IRNA The Hodhod satellite weighs 4kg and has an orbital height of 500 km. Its orbital lifespan is four years and is used in agriculture, land surveying, transport, and the environment. The great advantage of the Hodhod satellite is that it can provide Internet of Things (IoT) services, with international coverage in remote areas, forests, and mountains.