In a milestone for Iran’s space sector, a space tug domestically designed and manufactured by Iranian experts and technicians has been launched into space aboard a homegrown satellite launch vehicle (SLV).

The head of the Iranian Space Agency Hassan Salarieh told Mehr News Agency that two more satellites would be launched within a month.

EghtesadOnline: ICT Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi and directors of Iran’s space program kick-started a weeklong event that coincides with World Space Week.

EghtesadOnline: An Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) testing lab was launched on Monday in Tehran by the Iranian Space Research Center in a move to boost the space program .