{"id":7872,"date":"2021-12-31T14:27:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T12:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/?p=7872"},"modified":"2022-01-01T06:35:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T04:35:50","slug":"iran-launches-satellite-carrier-rocket-to-send-three-research-devices-into-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/iran-launches-satellite-carrier-rocket-to-send-three-research-devices-into-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran launches satellite carrier rocket to send three research devices into space"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Iranian authorities announced on December 30 that Iran had successfully launched a rocket with a satellite carrier into space, carrying three devices.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iranian television broadcasted footage of a white rocket, labeling \u201cSimorgh Satellite Carrier\u201d and the slogan \u201cWe Can\u201d. The footage showed a rocket launched from Iran\u2019s Imam Khomeini Spaceport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iran\u2019s Ministry of Defense spokesperson Ahmed Hosseini said the Simorgh, meaning Phoenix, satellite carrier rocket had launched the three research devices at an altitude of 470 km (290 miles).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, on December 31, Ahmad Hosseini told Iran’s state TV that \u201cFor a payload to enter orbit, it needs to reach speeds above 7,600 [meters per second]. We reached 7,350,\u201d suggesting that the objective of putting three payloads into orbit was not achieved, as the rocket was unable to reach the required speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A day earlier, Hosseini told state television, \u201cThe intended research objectives of this launch were achieved. This was done as a preliminary launch … God willing, we will have an operational launch soon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iran\u2019s Fars News Agency quoted Iranian Defense Ministry spokesman Ahmad Hosseini saying that the successful launch of the rocket into space is an achievement of the Islamic Republic of Iran\u2019s civilian space program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“By developing our capacity to launch satellites, in the near future satellites with a wide range of applications… will be placed into orbit,” Hosseini added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Hosseini, \u201cThe payloads launched today were subsystems of satellites that were tested in vacuum conditions and high altitude as well as high acceleration and speed and the data was gathered.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will speed up work so that we can become one of the six countries that can launch satellites into the GEO (geostationary) orbit,\u201d Hosseini added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rocket launch has raised serious concerns in the U.S. as experts believe that the technology that was used to launch satellites could promote the development of Iran\u2019s ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. Department of State spokesperson said that there is a risk that Iran is pacing up its ballistic missile program and such platforms could be used to carry a nuclear warhead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. also said that such satellite launches ignored the UN Security Council resolution calling on Iran to avoid any activities related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe United States remains concerned with Iran\u2019s development of space launch vehicles, which pose a significant proliferation concern,\u201d the U.S. Department of State spokesperson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The space launch vehicles \u201cincorporate technologies that are virtually identical to, and interchangeable with, those used in ballistic missiles, including longer-range systems,\u201d the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of its parallel space program, Iran’s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard Corps successfully launched satellites into orbit last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2009 Iran first launched its satellite Omid (Hope), followed by Rasad (Observation) satellite that was sent into orbit in 2011. In 2012, Iran successfully sent its third indigenous satellite, Navid (Promise), into space. In 2020, according to the Iranian military, the country successfully put its first military satellite into orbit after many failed launch attempts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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