TEHRAN – Spokesman of Iranian Space Agency Hussein Dalirian said on Saturday that high-quality images sent by Khayyam satellite are being provided to both state and private sectors of the country and have helped meet part of domestic needs in different areas such as agriculture, natural resources, environment, water resources, mines, border monitoring and management of unprecedented crises.
Dalirian made the remarks speaking to reporters on the latest conditions surrounding Khayyam satellite which was put into orbit some five months ago.
Khayyam is a remote-sensing satellite capable of imaging the earth’s surface with an accuracy of one meter.
The satellite is presently in an orbit of 500 kilometers from the earth, receiving and executing commands and sending data and images to the ground stations of the Iranian Space Agency.
The sending of commands and controls of Khayyam satellite is carried out by Iranian experts in the country’s space agency, Dalirian said, adding that the sending of commands and receiving information from this satellite is also done according to an encrypted and highly secure algorithm that was previously embedded in the satellite by the cryptography experts of the Iranian Space Agency.
The satellite, he said, will carry out all its tests within the next one or two weeks and will become fully operational.
“So far, we have received high-quality

color images of different regions of our country from Khayyam satellite…some of which have even been displayed to some officials, and images of attractive regions of Iran are also being prepared for being released to the public.”