07.12.2024, 23:49
Zitat:Iran launches first space tug, sets new record for liftoff playloads
Friday, 06 December 2024 8:18 AM [ Last Update: Friday, 06 December 2024 8:24 AM ]
In a milestone for Iran’s space sector, a space tug domestically designed and manufactured by Iranian experts and technicians has been launched into space aboard a homegrown satellite launch vehicle (SLV).
The Saman-1, along with a CubeSat and a research payload, was successfully sent into space from the Imam Khomeini Space Launch Terminal, southeast of Semnan, on Friday morning using a Simorgh launcher.
The payloads were placed in an orbit around the Earth, with an apogee of 410 kilometers and a perigee of 300 kilometers.
Simorgh is a two-stage SLV with liquid fuel developed by the Iranian Ministry of Defense.
In its eighth launch, the Simorgh set a new record for the liftoff of payloads. During this multi-phase mission, it successfully placed the Saman-1 orbital transfer block and two other research payloads, weighing nearly 300 kilograms, into orbit.
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