Iran plans to launch another communications satellite into orbit without outside help by late 2011, state-run news agencies quoted Iranian Communications Minister Rza Tagipur as saying on Friday.
"The satellite is under production and I hope Iran can launch Misbah into orbit by late 2011," Iranian news agencies quoted Tagipur as saying.
His remarks came after Russia and Italy refused to launch the satellite for Iran. Teheran had announced earlier in the month that an Italian company that helped to built the satellite would launch it into orbit, following Russia's refusal to do so. However, the Italian company denied the report.
Earlier, Iran had launched its first domestically-made satellite Omid into orbit using an Iranian rocket in February. Prior to that, Russia had launched Iran's first satellite into space in 2005.
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