WANA (Feb 02) – Iran will unveil the first images captured by Paya, the country’s most advanced domestically developed imaging satellite, on Tuesday.

 

Hassan Salarieh, head of the Iranian Space Agency and deputy minister of Information and Communications Technology, said the images will be released in conjunction with National Space Technology Day.

 

The Paya satellite, also known as Tolou-3, was launched into space on 28 December alongside two other Iranian satellites, Kosar and Zafar-2, aboard a Russian Soyuz launch vehicle.

 

Paya is considered Iran’s most advanced indigenous imaging satellite to date. It is equipped with two imaging sensors capable of producing black-and-white images with a spatial resolution of five meters and color images with a resolution of 10 meters. By using artificial intelligence–based image processing algorithms, the final image accuracy can be enhanced to three meters.

 

For the first time in Iran’s space program, mirror-based imaging technology has been employed in this satellite, a feature that officials say positions Paya as the most advanced domestically built imaging satellite in the country.

Integration of Zafar-2 and Paya Satellites onto the Soyuz Launch Vehicle. Social media/ WANA News Agency

Integration of Zafar-2 and Paya Satellites onto the Soyuz Launch Vehicle. Social media/ WANA News Agency