Iran to Launch New Measurement Satellite into Orbit
Farsnews
24-Jul-2010 (3 comments)

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran announced that it plans to send a home-made measurement satellite into orbit in the near future.

"Iran's measurement satellite will be launched into space from an Iranian launch-pad and will have an Iranian exchange station and control station," Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday in a ceremony to mark the 'National Youth Day' in Iran.

Ahmadinejad further noted Iran's plans for sending astronauts into space in 2024, and said that the issue has gone under a second study at a recent cabinet meeting and that the cabinet has decided to implement the plan in 2019, five years earlier than the date envisaged in the original plan.

Iran has recently taken wide strides in aerospace. The country sent the first biocapsule of living creatures into space in February, using its home-made Kavoshgar-3 (Explorer-3) carrier.

Omid (hope) was Iran's first research satellite that was designed for gathering information and testing equipment. After orbiting for three months, Omid successfully completed its mission without any problems. It completed more than 700 orbits over seven weeks and reentered the earth's atmosphere on April 25, 2009.

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Fair

I can't wait

by Fair on Sat Jul 24, 2010 10:38 PM PDT

I hope they put Mahmoud and all his pedophile rapist friends on the rocket too with a one way ticket to meet Mehdi.  (Hopefully Mehdi will watch his back for his own sake:))


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AMIR1973

What the US & USSR achieved in 1960s, IRI will not EVER

by AMIR1973 on Sat Jul 24, 2010 10:02 PM PDT

Not in 2019, not in 2024, not ever. Unless, of course, the Prophet Muhammad shows up with his horse Buraq and carries the mollahs to outer space.


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cyclicforward

Joon Amat

by cyclicforward on Sat Jul 24, 2010 09:18 PM PDT

Sanr bedeh ash be hamin khial bash IMF.


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