[FPSPACE] BBC reports Iranian satellite launching

[Rui C. Barbosa]

Video of launch in here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYGMXXD33H0

Rui C. Barbosa
www.zenite.nu/orbita
www.carris-geres.blogspot.com
Braga - Portugal


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Charles Vick 
  To: 'Peter Pesavento' ; fpspace at friends-partners.org 
  Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 5:03 PM
  Subject: Re: [FPSPACE] BBC reports Iranian satellite launching


  If Iran has indeed launched it first satellite you need the following

  It was first predicted in Turkey and now the LV was tested successfully. 

  I guess they surmounted the seven identified design flaws enough to make it 

  They are behind the original schedule but meeting the years schedule according to planning



  http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/iran/solid-prop.htm

  http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/world/iran/planning.htm

  http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/world/iran/test-ranges.htm

  http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/world/iran/satellite-launch-facilities.htm

  http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/world/iran/first-satellite-launch-attempt.htm

  http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/dprk/nd-1-flight-tests.htm



  cpvick



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  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7566804.stm





  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.



  Page last updated at 15:00 GMT, Sunday, 17 August 2008 16:00 UK



  Iran 'fires satellite into space' 

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

  An Iranian news network, IRINN, showed footage of what it said was a communications satellite named Safir-e Omid (Hope Envoy) being launched. 

  The pictures were accompanied by patriotic songs and music. 

  Iran has pursued its own space programme for years. In February it sent a probe into space as part of preparations for this launch. 

  Long-held ambition 

  Footage aired on IRINN (Islamic Republic of Iran News Network) showed the launch of the rocket in darkness. 

  The presenter said that the satellite launch was a trial which was successful. State and military officials confirmed that the launch had taken place. 

  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was at the launch, said one report. 

  Iran has long pursued its own space programme. 

  In October 2005 a Russian-made Iranian satellite named Sina-1 was put into orbit by a Russian rocket. 

  Sunday's launch comes amid a long-running dispute over Iran's nuclear activities. 

  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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