Iran launches satellite carrier into orbit

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Iran successfully launches its first homemade satellite carrier, Safir 1, opening a new chapter in the country's scientific achievements.

The launch of the new rocket from Iranian soil will pave the way for the country to send a lightweight telecommunications satellite, Omid (meaning 'hope' in Persian), into orbit in the near future.

The domestically manufactured Omid satellite will pass over the country six times a day for research purposes.

The launch of Safir 1 was aimed at improving the country's space industries. Safir 1 tested remote sensing, Satellite telemetry, and geographic information system (GIS) technology as well as remote and ground station data processing.

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Press TV - Iran launches satellite carrier into space

 

[Contrarian]

I thought it was launched by China?

 

[nitesh]

Pentagon: Iranian rocket likely a failure - UPI.com

Pentagon: Iranian rocket likely a failure

TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- A test in Iran of a rocket able to carry a satellite into orbit was likely a failure, Pentagon officials said Monday.
A senior U.S. defense official told CNN while Iranian officials claimed the launch of their country's first satellite carrier was a success this weekend, Pentagon officials opposed such a claim.

"The Iranians did not successfully launch the rocket," the unidentified official said of Saturday's launch.

The official added that the second stage of the rocket's launch likely failed due to unspecified problems with the satellite carrier's design.

The official's comments come in the wake of concerned comments by National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe, who called the Iranian rocket program "troubling."

"The Iranian development and testing of rockets is troubling and raises further questions about their intentions," the security official said.

The head of Iran's space program told debkafile.com, a Web site of Israeli military intelligence, that only a "dummy satellite" was involved in the weekend launch.

"The Safir satellite carrier was launched today and for the first time we successfully launched a dummy satellite into orbit," Reza Taghizadeh said Saturday.

 

[nitesh]

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Iran plans manned space mission in 10 years - Yahoo! News

Iran plans manned space mission in 10 years

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran plans to send a manned rocket into space in the next 10 years, state television reported on Thursday, just days after the Islamic Republic announced it had put a dummy satellite into orbit.
Embroiled in a standoff with the West over its nuclear ambitions, Iran said on Sunday it had put a dummy satellite into orbit on a home-grown rocket for the first time.
U.S. security officials said Tehran's attempted satellite launch was a failure that fell short of claimed successes, but an analyst said the test marked a technical advance for Iran.
The long-range ballistic technology used to put satellites into space can also be used for launching weapons. Iran says it has no such intention.
The West accuses Iran of seeking to build a nuclear warhead, a charge Tehran denies, insisting its nuclear ambitions are aimed at generating electricity so it that it can export more of its massive oil and gas reserves.
"One of the aims of Iran's 10-year space program is to send a manned rocket into space," state television quoted Reza Taghipour, the head