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The Islamic Republic of Iran has successfully launched its domestically-built Navid-e Elm-o Sanat satellite into orbit following a decree by Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.


The satellite, completely designed and built by Iranian experts, blasted into orbit early Friday on the third day of the 10-Day Dawn celebrations, marking the 33rd anniversary of the victory of Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979.

The 50-kilogram orbiter lifted off into space with an orbital angle of 55 degrees on the Iranian-made Safir satellite-carrier.

Head of Iran Space Agency (ISA) Hamid Fazeli said the domestically-built Navid satellite will circle the Earth at altitudes between 250 and 370 kilometers.

He added that the remote-sensing observation satellite is designed to take hi-res pictures of the globe.

The ISA chief noted that the satellite will also collect data on weather conditions, which comes in handy for weather forecasts and management of natural disasters.

Fazeli further said that the satellite is expected to orbit the planet once every 90 minutes and send images to ground stations.

Navid-e Elm-o Sanat is a telecom, measurement and scientific satellite whose records could be used in a wide range of fields.

Iran launched its first domestically-produced satellite, Omid (hope), into orbit in 2009.

The Omid data-processing satellite was designed to orbit the Earth 15 times every 24 hours and transmit data via two frequency bands and eight antennas to an Iranian space station.

Iran is one of the 24 founding members of the United Nations' Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, which was set up in 1959.


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Any other country would have crumbled to her knees if they were to face the same kind of economic and western technology sanctions that Iran has been facing for the last 25 years. Long Live Iran !

Nonsense connection. So you mean they imposed sanctions and Iran decided to build a satellite?

Iran has shown that it is advancing technologically and that is a good thing by itself. However, when coupled with statements like "wiping Israel off the map" and trying to hoodwink the world into developing nuclear weapons Iran is asking for trouble - and it is going to get trouble, if the mullahs do not come clean.

And I don't know what is wrong with us in Africa. Iran is not a friend of Africa/Nigeria - smuggling weapons into Nigeria using diplomatic cover is enough to kick out anything Iranian-related out of the country, and join efforts to bring the current Iranian regime down ASAP. The designs on our nation by that act is deadly. If Nigerians were found to be smuggling weapons into Iran - they would all be executed without a thought.

So, Iran can go to blazes for all I care.

Ramtzy:

Any other country would have crumbled to her knees if they were to face the same kind of economic and western technology sanctions that Iran has been facing for the last 25 years. Long Live Iran !