- Sina-1
Sina-1 is the first
Iran ian artificial satellite, launched at 6:52 UTCOctober 28 ,2005 on board aCosmos-3M Russian launch vehicle from thePlesetsk Cosmodrome . The rocket was also carrying a Russian militaryMozhayets-5 satellite, a ChineseChina-DMC , a BritishTopsat , aEuropean Space Agency SSETI Express , a NorwegianNCube , a GermanUVE-1 and aJapan eseXI-V .In
2003 , then-Defense Minister AdmiralAli Shamkhani announced that Iran would launch its first satellite on a locally-produced launch vehicle within eighteen months. The plan was to develop a booster based on theShahab-3 medium-range ballistic missile.When difficulties arose with indigenous booster developmemt, the
Iranian Institute of Applied Research turned to theOmsk -based Russian companyPolyot for both the launch services and Sinah-1, for which $8 million USD was paid.The Satellite
The
Iranian Space Agency had for many years said they were on the verge of sending their first satellite into orbit, finally leading to the launch of Sinah-1, a satellite for telecommunications and research purposes.The miniaturized 160-kilogram reconnaissance satellite was put into a
sun synchronous near-polar orbit and will image the surface with a 50m (pan) with 50km swath and 250m resolution of MSS with 500km swath resolution.The future
Iran has plans for the construction of five more Iranian satellites of which three are scheduled to be launched over the next three years. In
July 2005 , Iran's Deputy Telecom MinisterAhmad Talebzadeh said that Iran's next satellite,Mesbah , is ready for launch.Mesbah, similar to Sina 1, is a
reconnaissance satellite which will be used to monitor natural phenomena on Iran's territory. This satellite will most likely be launched on an indigenous rocket.Iranian officials were originally going to use the recently cancelled
Shahab-4 missile to carry out the process of launching satellites into space. Instead, IRIS, an advanced model of theGhadr-110 IRBM missile, will be used.In
January 2005 , Iran and a Russian firm sealed a $132 million deal to build a telecommunication satellite calledZohreh ("Venus "). The launch of Zohreh is planned in the next two years.ources
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