Russia will launch high definition Kanopus-V satellite to Iran, helping this country possess unprecedented strong reconnaissance capacity, according to US officials.

Kanopus-V is expected to be Russia launched in the next few months.

Satellite using Russian hardware production, including cameras with the ability to distinguish objects of size only 1.2 m.

Military satellites were launched by Iran in April 2020.

It is not the best satellite in the world, but still owns high resolution and is suitable for military purposes.

Kanopus-V is advertised as civil satellites, but can be used for Iran's military purposes.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has not commented on this information.

Information was given in the context of Russian President Vladimir Putin preparing to meet the summit with the American copper Joe Biden.

If implemented, this agreement will significantly improve military capacity to Iran, when the country has a lot of difficulties in efforts to bring spy satellites to space throughout the past months.