Alireza Naemi, director of operations at the Iranian Space Agency, confirmed that the Khiam satellite, launched in cooperation with Russia, has successfully entered a circular orbit at a distance of 500 km from the Earth and is in the appropriate position. .

He pointed out that “the first signal was received by the ground station half an hour after it stabilized in orbit”, explaining that the moon “will pass over the atmosphere of Iran four times during the day, namely at ten and twelve o’clock in the night and day, and at that time, treatment is carried out from the ground stations of the country.

Naimi stated: “The ground stations will study the information sent from the Moon to assess whether it works in the required situation, and these stations will issue an order to the Moon in accordance with the programs developed for this purpose”, noting that “this is talking about that Khayyam’s moon has entered the work stage is premature, and it takes us four months to receive this order and publish the images sent by the moon for public viewing.

The Iranian Khiam satellite was launched yesterday, Tuesday, by a Russian Soyuz launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.