Iran Successfully Launches Sorayya Satellite
It was the first time that Iran set a new space launch record by sending a satellite to an altitude of 750 kilometers above the earth's surface.
Iran announced that the launch of Sorayya satellite, made by the Iranian Space Research Center, into orbit was carried out by its home-made Qa’em 100 satellite carrier which is the country’s first three-stage solid-fueled rocket with the capability to carry loads up to 100 kilos.
In its third launch, it placed a research payload with an approximate mass of 50 kg in the orbit.
According to the media reports, the satellite has started sending telemetry data.
Iran is standing among the top 10 countries leading the space industry and among the 7 states leading the bio-space.
Iran sent its first bio-capsule containing living creatures into space in February 2010, using an Explorer (Kavoshgar) carrier.
Iran launched its first satellite, called Omid (literally meaning hope), in 2009. Rasad (literally meaning observation) satellite was also sent into orbit in 2011.
In 2012, Iran successfully put its third domestically manufactured satellite, named Navid (literally meaning promise), into orbit.
The first and most advanced homegrown remote-sensing satellite is Pars-1, which has been designed and constructed by the researchers of the Iranian Space Research Center.
Pars-1 is supposed to take pictures of all parts of the country using a high-resolution 15-meter-camera and send its photos from a 500-kilometer distance to the earth stations using a high-powered telecommunication transceiver.
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