Iran has put on display its latest achievements in the area of space technology during a ceremony attended by President Hassan Rouhani and other senior officials.

The Exhibition of Aerospace Achievements was held in Tehran on Wednesday to mark the ninth National Space Technology Day.

Also present at the event were Minister of Science, Research, and Technology Mohammad Farhadi and Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan.

During the ceremony, the domestically-designed Nahid (Venus) 1 telecommunications satellite, and student-manufactured Cube satellite were unveiled.

Nahid 1 has been manufactured at Iran’s Space Research Center. Though its production, the country has sought to hone its capabilities in building geosynchronous satellites. The solar-powered satellite is designed to provide telecommunication services and carry out imaging.

Among other achievements put on display were the surveillance-imaging Payam-e-Amirkabir Satellite, designed and built by Iran’s Amirkabir University of Technology and Saman 1 Orbital Maneuver System, which can be used to change satellite orbit.

Speaking at the ceremony, the Iranian president called for efforts to promote domestic capabilities in the field of space technology with the help of relevant international experience.

President Rouhani said “It is wrong for us to either be exclusively reliant on buying [technology] from abroad or totally turn our backs on the world’s experience,” adding that the country needs to benefit from domestic capabilities as well as its own scientists concomitantly with international experience.

The Iranian chief executive further described space technology as a source of power for the Islamic Republic.

Press TV