Sattar Hashemi said on Sunday evening that the successful reception of the initial signals from all three satellites confirms their “technical health and proper performance after being placed in orbit.”
He explained that the signals were received at multiple facilities, including the Mahdasht Satellite Control Center, the Qeshm station, and the SAIRAN control center.
The simultaneous reception of signals from several control centers, Hashemi noted, demonstrates the stability of communications and the correct functioning of the satellites’ telecommunications systems.
Emphasizing the importance of the achievement, the minister said receiving the first signals is the “first key step after satellite launch.”
He added that success at this stage provides the necessary groundwork for continued technical monitoring, orbital stabilization, and the start of the next phases of the satellites’ planned missions.
Earlier on Sunday, Iran launched the three domestically built satellites into space from Russia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome using a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket.
Vahid Yazdanian, Iran’s deputy communications minister and head of the Iranian Space Research Institute, said the three Earth observation satellites were built by the private sector and will operate at an altitude of about 500 kilometers above Earth, in what is known as low Earth orbit (LEO).
