Soleimani constellation Hashemi: 3 satellites ready

Oct 4

In SNN's released speech excerpt, Sattar Hashemi says program mandates include coverage for villages with more than twenty households. He notes that quality coverage may take a long time for hard-to-reach villages where terrestrial links are not feasible, and argues that the groundwork should begin now. He credits the move from an individual satellite to the Shahid Soleimani constellation and, citing colleagues' reports, says three of its 24 satellites are ready. He says the three will enter orbit this year and be unveiled during the Fajr Decade, God willing. Readiness is his attributed claim, while launch and unveiling remain plans.

At the World Space Week opening in Tehran on October 4, 2026, ICT Minister Sattar Hashemi discusses Iran's Martyr (Shahid) Soleimani constellation. In SNN's direct speech excerpt he says that, according to colleagues' reports, three of its 24 satellites are ready and that, God willing, they will enter orbit this year and be unveiled during the Fajr Decade. He connects the move from individual satellites to a constellation with planned coverage for villages of more than twenty households, including hard-to-reach areas. IRINN's same-day report carries his private-sector and schedule description and Fajr-unveiling pledge; its headline describes launch readiness. These are official readiness claims and prospective plans, not evidence of completed launch, unveiling or rural service.