Imam Khomeini space center to be inaugurated soon

TEHRAN,June 20(MNA) – Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad vahidi announced on Wednesday that the Imam Khomeini space center would be inaugurated in coming weeks. The space center will be used to launch domestically manufactured satellites into space, he said. Vahidi had previously said that the Tolou (Sunrise) satellite would be sent into space aboard the Simorgh satellite-carrier rocket from the Imam Khomeini space center.