"We are doing the relevant works and we hope that this satellite will be sent into the space in the first half of the next (Iranian) year," Vahidi told reporters in Tehran on Wednesday.
Last month, Head of Iran's Space Agency (ISA) Hamid Fazeli announced that the country "will send 6 new home-made satellites, mostly made by Iranian universities, to the space" in the next Iranian year (starting on March 21).
"Based on the foreseen timeline, Fajr, Sharif Sat, Tolou, Zafar, and A-Test will be sent to the space by the end of the next year," Fazeli told reporters in Tehran.
He said that Mesbah is also among the satellites which will be sent to orbit next year.
Iran unveiled a prototype model of Nahid telecommunications satellite last month.
The prototype model was unveiled during a ceremony attended by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Vahidi and Fazeli at an exhibition of Iran's latest space achievements and technologies here in the capital.
In November, Chancellor of Iran's Amirkabir University Alireza Rahayee had announced that researchers at Amirkabir University of Technology had accomplished part of the studies on Satellite Nahid, and said it would be launched into the space with the backing of the ISA.
Rahayee noted that the industrial phases of the project had accomplished and researchers were now working on the launch phase.
