Omid (satellite)

Omid ( _fa. امید, "Hope")cite web
url=http://www.individual.com/story.php?story=77178693
title=Iran launches first space research center
publisher=individual.com
date=February 4, 2008
accessdate=2008-02-04] is an Iranian research satellite.cite web
url=http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-22/0802043576112301.htm
title=Iran launches first space research unit
publisher=IRNA
date=February 4, 2008
accessdate=2008-02-04] It will be the first satellite launched by an Iranian carrier rocket. After launch, it is to be placed into a low Earth orbit.

Speaking at the opening of a new space centre, on 4 February 2008, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran announced that Omid would be launched in "the near future" [ [http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=5000 DEBKAfile - Iran launches first space research rocket Safir 1] ] (March 2008). On August 17, 2008, Iranian officials reported that a successful test of the satellite carrier was performed, and footage was broadcast of the launch of the Safir rocket in darkness. Officials denied initial reports by the state media that the satellite itself had been launched.cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7566804.stm|title= Iran launches satellite carrier|date=17:14 GMT, Sunday, 17 August 2008|publisher=BBC|language=English|accessdate=2008-08-17]

An Iranian-made rocket, Safir, is designed to send the Omid satellite into orbit. [cite web | url = http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=41636&sectionid=351020101 | title = Iran's Kavoshgar I lifts off for space | publisher = Press TV | date = 2008-02-04] A report by the Russian news agency Novosti quoted unnamed experts as saying that the Kavoshgar-1 vehicle may be a variant of the Iranian Shahab-3 missile.cite web
url=http://en.rian.ru/world/20080204/98302047.html
title=Iran tests sounding rocket, unveils first homemade satellite
publisher=RIA Novosti
date=February 4, 2008
accessdate=2008-02-04]

Omid will be Iran's second satellite in orbit. A previous Iranian satellite, Sinah-1, was built and launched for Iran by Russia in 2005. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-02-17-iran-space_N.htm USA Today - Iran space rocket successfully transmits data] ] cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4381436.stm|title=First Iranian satellite launched|date=Thursday, 27 October 2005, 09:30 GMT|publisher=BBC|language=English|accessdate=2008-08-17]

ee also

*Iranian Space Agency
*Kwangmyongsong-1 Claimed first DPRK 1998 satellite

References

External links

* [http://www.mehrnews.com/fa/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=632813 pictures of the opening of Iran's first space system] at [http://www.mehrnews.com mehrnews.com]