{"id":122391,"date":"2024-11-05T16:15:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T09:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122391"},"modified":"2024-11-05T16:15:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T09:15:52","slug":"russian-rocket-takes-iranian-satellites-into-orbit-as-ties-grow-closer-space-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122391","title":{"rendered":"Russian rocket takes Iranian satellites into orbit as ties grow closer | Space News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>The Iranian-made satellites, Kowsar and Hodhod, were successfully placed into orbit by a Russian Soyuz-2.1 spacecraft.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>A Russian rocket carrying a payload of satellites into orbit \u2013 including two from Iran \u2013 blasted off successfully, Russia\u2019s Roscosmos space agency said, in a move seen as reflecting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/2\/29\/iran-launches-domestically-developed-imaging-satellite-from-russia\">growing cooperation<\/a> between Moscow and Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>The Soyuz-2.1 spacecraft lifted off as scheduled from the Vostochny Cosmodrome launchpad in far eastern Russia and put its payload into a designated orbit nine minutes after the launch on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Roscosmos said that two Russian Ionosfera-M satellites \u2013 designed to monitor the space weather around Earth \u2013 and 53 small satellites, including two from Iran, were placed into orbit successfully.<\/p>\n<p>Among the 53 small satellites, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/1\/28\/iran-launches-three-satellites-amid-rising-tensions-with-western-powers\">two Iranian satellites<\/a> were identified as the Kowsar, a high-resolution imaging satellite, and Hodhod, a small communications satellite. A Russian-Chinese student satellite, Druzhba ATURK, was also placed into orbit.<\/p>\n<p>The Iranian satellites are the first launched on behalf of the country\u2019s private sector, with the Kowsar manufactured by the Omidfaza company, which began designing the satellite in 2019, Iran\u2019s official IRNA news agency reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Kowsar has an expected lifespan of three years and the Hodhod should operate for four years, according to the IRNA.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iran\u2019s Kowsar, Hodhod satellites successfully launched<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O7635DwpTy\">https:\/\/t.co\/O7635DwpTy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OQki7GrrUD\">pic.twitter.com\/OQki7GrrUD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 IRNA News Agency (@IrnaEnglish) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IrnaEnglish\/status\/1853610373867597851?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In 2022, a Russian rocket launched an Iranian Earth observation satellite called Khayyam, which was built in Russia at Tehran\u2019s request. Russia put another Iranian satellite named Pars-1 into orbit in February.<\/p>\n<p>The Pars-1 is a research satellite that will scan Iran\u2019s topography from orbit, Iran\u2019s state media reported at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The latest satellite launch comes as Russia and Iran expand ties in various spheres, and amid mounting criticism from Ukraine and the West that Tehran has provided Moscow with drones for use in attacks on Ukrainian targets.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow and Tehran are also planning to further bolster their ties with a \u201ccomprehensive strategic partnership\u201d, set to be signed during Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian\u2019s planned visit to Russia, the date for which has yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s satellite launches follow a series of failed launches suffered by Iran\u2019s civilian space programme in recent years, including five failed launches in a row for the Simorgh programme, a satellite-carrying rocket.<\/p>\n<p>A separate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/9\/14\/iran-launches-new-research-satellite-chamran-1-into-orbit\">Iranian space programme<\/a> run by the country\u2019s elite Revolutionary Guard Corps has seen successful launches from a military base outside of Shahroud, located east of the capital, Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>Satellite images analysed by The Associated Press show that Israel may have bombed the site during its October 26 attack on Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Iran said at the time that the Israeli attack had caused minimal damage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/11\/5\/russian-rocket-takes-iranian-satellites-into-orbit-as-ties-grow-closer\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Iranian-made satellites, Kowsar and Hodhod, were successfully placed into orbit by a Russian Soyuz-2.1 spacecraft. 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