[FPSPACE] BBC reports Iranian satellite launching

[John Locker]

BBC......"Iran has launched its first domestically-manufactured satellite 
into orbit, reports say"

Thats what the commercial stations are reporting , but the official IRINN 
banner read " Satellite Carrier"  so it will be interesting to see what 
really happened.

I have put a copy of the launch video on my site at

http://satcom.website.orange.co.uk/  under the "recent Obs" tag , but 
unfortunately , at the moment , it is refusing to play :O(((

John



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Pesavento" <pjp961 at svol.net>
To: <fpspace at friends-partners.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 4:56 PM
Subject: [FPSPACE] BBC reports Iranian satellite launching


> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7566804.stm
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> Satellite is named "Safir-e Omid" ("Hope Envoy"), it appears to be an 
> actual
> satellite launching.  Their president attended the launching, according to
> at least one source.
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> Page last updated at 15:00 GMT, Sunday, 17 August 2008 16:00 UK
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> Iran 'fires satellite into space'
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> Iran has launched its first domestically-manufactured satellite into 
> orbit,
> reports say.
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> An Iranian news network, IRINN, showed footage of what it said was a
> communications satellite named Safir-e Omid (Hope Envoy) being launched.
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> The pictures were accompanied by patriotic songs and music.
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> Iran has pursued its own space programme for years. In February it sent a
> probe into space as part of preparations for this launch.
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> Long-held ambition
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> Footage aired on IRINN (Islamic Republic of Iran News Network) showed the
> launch of the rocket in darkness.
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> The presenter said that the satellite launch was a trial which was
> successful. State and military officials confirmed that the launch had 
> taken
> place.
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> President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was at the launch, said one report.
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> Iran has long pursued its own space programme.
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> In October 2005 a Russian-made Iranian satellite named Sina-1 was put into
> orbit by a Russian rocket.
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> Sunday's launch comes amid a long-running dispute over Iran's nuclear
> activities.
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> The US and some European countries have demanded that Iran curtail uranium
> enrichment - but Iran protests that its purposes are peaceful and says it
> has a right to continue.
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