Iran despatched a analysis satellite tv for pc into orbit on Saturday utilizing a rocket constructed by the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, the state-run IRNA information company reported.
The report mentioned the Chamran-1 satellite tv for pc weighs 60 kilograms and has efficiently reached an orbit of 550 kilometers (341 miles) in house. It added that testing of house {hardware} and software program is the satellite tv for pc’s major mission.
IRNA mentioned floor stations additionally obtained indicators from the satellite tv for pc.
The Qaem-100 solid-fuel satellite-carrying rocket was designed and manufactured by the Guard’s aerospace division. Iran says it has launched 13 different satellites in a row.
Though Iran has lengthy deliberate to ship satellites into orbit, that is the primary launch underneath reformist President Masoud Pezezhkian after his hardline predecessor, Ebrahim Raisi, was killed in a helicopter crash in Could.
In January, Iran claimed to have efficiently launched three satellites into house utilizing a rocket.
The West sees the programme as a part of Tehran’s improve of ballistic missiles. The launch additionally comes at a time of heightened tensions within the Center East over Israel’s ongoing battle with Hamas within the Gaza Strip, elevating fears of a regional battle.
America has beforehand mentioned Iran’s satellite tv for pc launches defy a U.N. Safety Council decision and has known as on Tehran to not conduct any actions involving ballistic missiles able to carrying nuclear weapons. U.N. sanctions associated to Iran’s ballistic missile program expired final October.
