Iran’s Orbital Maneuvering System Successfully Tested

Iranian Space Agency, in collaboration with Aerospace Industries Organization of Defense Ministry, successfully launched and tested a trial implementation of Saman orbital maneuvering system which is used to change the orbit of satellites.

The system also carried a sub-orbital space probe.

The performance of subsystems of the engineering implementation of Saman system had been tested in near-space conditions and the result proved correct in operation conditions and high altitude.

The ICT Ministry noted that advanced systems used in designing and building Saman are a monopoly of a few countries and this launch is considered to be an important phase in developing this system domestically in Iran.

Iran has taken giant strides in the field of science of technology in recent years, despite US sanctions.

The ISA has recently announced that work has been underway to prepare seven more satellites for launch into the orbit.

In mid-August, Iran’s home-made satellite, “Khayyam”, was sent into the space by the Russian Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome.

The ISA confirmed the proper functioning of the entire systems of the “Khayyam” satellite.

Imagery from “Khayyam” will be used to monitor Iran’s borders and improve the country’s capabilities in management and planning in the fields of agriculture, natural resources, environment, mining, and natural disasters.

In late June, Iran tested its domestically-developed hybrid-propellant satellite carrier rocket called Zuljanah for “predetermined research purposes” for the second time. Iran’s Defense Ministry launched the Zuljanah satellite carrier into space for the first time in February 2021.

Iranian President Seyed Ebrahim Rayeesi has stated the new achievements in the aerospace industries will be unveiled in the future.

“In the future, the country will witness new space achievements,” he noted at the cabinet session in August.