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22 Apr. 2020
Qased rocket launches Noor satellite
A Qased launch vehicle launched the Noor satellite from Iran, on 22 April 2020. According to official sources, Qased (قاصد) is a “three-stage, solid-propellant launcher” and the Noor ( نور) satellite was placed in a 425-km orbit.
Qased launches Noor satellite
Today’s launch comes just a couple of months after Iran’s failed attempt to launch an Earth-imaging satellite in February. The rocket for that mission took off as planned but was unable to put the satellite into orbit. Iran’s space program also suffered a major setback in August of last year, when a rocket exploded on an Iranian launchpad ahead of a planned mission to space. Following the explosion, President Trump tweeted an incredibly detailed image of the scorched launchpad taken from above, likely taken from a classified spy satellite from the National Reconnaissance Office.
Iranian Space Agency (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Space_Agency
Image, Video, Text, Credits: Ministry of Defence, Islamic Republic of Iran/SciNews/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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