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Satellites in the row in Iran to be sent into space

mahla — Sat, 29 May 2021 14:23:38 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Satellites in the row in Iran to be sent into space. Iran is designing a number of satellites, some of which are in the row to be launched into space, IRNA reported on Friday.

Pars Plus satellite with an imaging resolution of five meters, Pars 2 with a five-meter resolution multispectral imaging system, and Rasam satellite with four meters resolution multispectral imaging system are among the satellites that are being designed.

The telecommunication Nahid 1 satellite, Zoljanah, Nahid 2, Simorgh, Remote Sensing Tollou, Pars 1, and Zafar 2 are being designed and produced to put satellites at LEO (Low Earth Orbit).

Iran’s strategic purpose for developing the space industry is to expedite space activities including the aerospace industry, tapping the country’s scientific capacities, commercialization of space and space service.

When rockets launch satellites, they put them into orbit in space. There, gravity keeps the satellite on its required orbit – in the same way that gravity keeps the Moon in orbit around Earth.

LEO is generally defined as an orbit below an altitude of approximately 2,000 kilometers (1,200 mi). Given the rapid orbital decay of objects below approximately 200 kilometers (120 mi), the commonly accepted definition for LEO is between 160 kilometers (99 mi) (with a period of about 88 minutes) and 2,000 kilometers (1,200 mi) (with a period of about 127 minutes) above the Earth’s surface. Because it’s so close to Earth, satellites must travel very fast so gravity won’t pull them back into the atmosphere. Satellites in LEO speed along at 17,000 miles per hour (27,359 kilometers per hour)! They can circle Earth in about 90 minutes.

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ICT Minister Says Iran to Send Five More Satellites This Year

reporter 1222 — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 04:09:20 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran is to send five satellites into the orbit by the end of its current calendar year (March 19, 2021) in coordination with the Ministry of Defense, said the minister of Information and Communications Technology (ICT).

According to Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, his ministry plans to implement 10 projects in the final year of the administration of President Hassan Rouhani which is to end in 2021, Mehr News Agency (MNA) reported on Wednesday.

Jahromi added that most of the 10 projects will be in the field of space research activities, development of national information network infrastructure, cyberspace, and public relations.

He noted that his ministry also plans to use “a large Iranian supercomputer which is one of the top 500 computers in the world and plays a key role in information processing.

Jahromi further referred to the supercomputer as “one of the artificial intelligence infrastructures” that will be put into operation in February.

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IRGC Military Satellite Launched into Orbit

reporter 1222 — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 07:05:19 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Wednesday launched Iran’s first-ever military satellite into an earth orbit.

The IRGC successfully put Noor (light), the first Iranian military satellite, into orbit on Wednesday morning.

The homegrown satellite was launched with a three-stage satellite carrier, dubbed Qassed.

The operation was carried from a launchpad in the Dasht-e Kavir, a large desert in central Iran.

The satellite was successfully placed into an orbit 425 kilometers above the Earth.

The launch of the military satellite marks a milestone in the space industry in Iran.

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Satellites ready to orbit: ICT min.

reporter 1222 — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 09:39:25 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Minister of Communications and Information Technology (ICT) Mohammad Javad Jahromi said on Sun. that six domestically-manufactured satellites are ready to be launched into the orbit.

On the occasion of launching “Zafar” Satellite into space, Iran’s ICT minister in a tweet wrote, “six satellites are ready for launching into the orbit.”

He went on to say that Amirkabir University of Technology started construction operation of a precision measuring satellite which is unique of its kind.

“Zafar” telecommunications satellite is as heavy as 113 kg in a way that its operational life in the orbit is at least 1.5 years, ICT minister stressed.

“Zafar” telecommunications satellite will be sent to space before the Ten-Day Dawn celebrations in the current year, he said, adding, “This satellite was delivered by the Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) to Iran Space Agency (ISA) last week.”

Accordingly, making decisions for injection time of this satellite in the orbit shall be borne by the Ministry of Defense and Launcher Group, Jahromi stated.

Zafar also carries S&F consignment which provides features such as broadcasting a single message to all users, one-way voice communication between two users, sending a message to 256 direct users.

Preparing map of lands, basic map, civil development map, agricultural fields map, map on changes in lands natural environment and jungles, monitoring developments in seasonal and perpetual lakes, identifying damaged areas after the crisis and upgrading structural maps are among missions of the satellite.

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New Satellites Launch from Iran

reporter 1222 — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 08:45:57 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s Minister of Information and Communications Technology said the new homegrown “Zafar” satellites are ready to be launched into orbit.

Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi announced in a post on his Twitter account on Sunday that the Zafar (victory) satellites have successfully passed the tests.

Lauding the efforts by the young Iranian scientists working on the project, he said the satellites would be deployed to the space center on Sunday and the process of launching them into orbit will soon kick-off.

Azari Jahromi also hailed the production of the homegrown satellites and satellite-carrier as a major step in space research activities.

Zafar is a monitoring satellite, which will be sent into a geostationary orbit that is a circular orbit around 36,000 kilometers (22,320 miles) above the Earth’s equator.

The satellite will reportedly have a lifespan of one year and six months and will capture images and transmit them to stations on earth.

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