VIDEO: #Iran effectively introduces the Ghaem-100 satellite launcher. Ghaem-100 is a three-stage, strong fuel launcher that will have the ability to position satellites weighing 80 kg in an orbit 500 km above the Earth’s surface area. https://t.co/6DoOiOgtJ5 pic.twitter.com/8Me2q8qz7gNovember 5, 2022
See more
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard effectively introduced a brand-new rocket developed to ultimately send out satellites on Saturday (Nov. 5), according to state media reports.
The test flight released Iran’s brand-new Ghaem 100 rocket, a three-stage solid-fueled lorry, on a suborbital test flight, according to nation’s state-run IRNA news firm and Reuters(opens in brand-new tab) It is created to bring satellites of as much as 176 pounds (80 kgs) into orbits of about 310 miles (500 kilometers) above Earth, they included.
Saturday’s launch evaluated the first-stage of the Ghaem 100 rocket, according to Aljazeera(opens in brand-new tab) The brand-new rocket will be utilized for future launches of Iran’s Nahid interactions satellites, stated Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the head of the Revolutionary Guard aerospace department, Aljazeera included.
The test flight follows the launch of an Iranian military spy satellite by Russia in August of this year, the very first flight of the nation’s Zoljanah suborbital rocket in 2021 and the nation’s very first homegrown launch of a military satellite in 2020 on a Qassad rocket.
U.S. authorities see Iran’s rocket programs carefully due to issues that such area launch innovation might likewise be utilized to establish ballistic rockets as long-range weapons.
Last month, the satellite operator Eutelsat implicated Iran of jamming 2 satellites utilized to transmit Persian-language tv and radio from outside the nation. That problem, along with Saturday’s launch, come amidst extensive anti-government demonstrations in Iran following the death of an Iranian-Kurdish lady apprehended by Iran’s authorities.
Email Tariq Malik at tmalik@space.com(opens in brand-new tab) or follow him @tariq j(opens in brand-new tab) malik Follow us @Spacedotcom(opens in brand-new tab), Facebook(opens in brand-new tab) and Instagram(opens in brand-new tab)