“Saman” is designed to pull satellites from one orbit to another. During the tests, the operability of the tugboat subsystems was checked. The tests were conducted in conditions close to space. The tug was also carrying a suborbital space probe.
At the same time, the Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies of Iran reported that the technologies used in the development of the tugboat are at the disposal of a small number of states.
Source: Ferra
