The official noted that the country’s private sector will build 20 of those space artifacts.

Salarieh also said that 12 other satellites are already in orbit.

Iranian media highlighted this Thursday that the country has made a great technological leap in the space sector in the last few years and is one of the 11 countries globally capable of designing, manufacturing, and launching satellites into space, despite being the target of economic embargoes imposed by the United States.

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