[FPSPACE] Iran to Launch Animals to Space

[Charles Vick]

See: http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/world/iran/missile-developments.htm

http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/world/iran/orbital-attempt02_finally.htm

 

 

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December 4, 2008

 


 <http://www.universetoday.com/2008/12/04/iran-to-launch-animals-to-space/>
Iran to Launch Animals to Space


 

Written by  <http://www.universetoday.com/author/nancy/> Nancy Atkinson

 
<http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/kavoshgar-rocket.bm
p> 


Iran is planning to launch animals into space. According to Mohammed
Ebrahimi from Iran's Aerospace Research Institute, in the near future, the
Kavoshgar-3 and -4 rockets will use animals as test passengers before they
attempt a human mission. On November 26, Iran successfully launched its
second space rocket, the Kavoshgar-2, which contained a space lab and a
data-monitoring and processing unit. 

 

This Iranian rocket is fully capable of packing a small payload and then
re-entering  <http://www.universetoday.com/guide-to-space/earth/> Earth's
atmosphere with a high degree of accuracy, according to reports. They will
attempt two more test flights before trying to launch a working satellite
into orbit with a larger rocket, the Safir-e Omid (or Ambassador of Peace)
rocket. 

 

In August,
<http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/20/the-iranian-satellite-rocket-saga/>
Iran claimed they successfully launched a dummy satellite into space, which
was refuted by the US. Officials from Iran insist the country's space
program is non-military in nature.

No information was released about what kinds of animals would be launched.
On Nov. 26 Iranian state television reported that the Kavoshgar-2 completed
its mission and returned to Earth via parachute after 40 minutes, and that
the rocket had been designed and built by Iranian aerospace experts. 

 

Much of Iran's technological equipment derives from modified Chinese and
North Korean technology. Earlier in November, Iran said it had also
test-fired a new medium-range missile. Its 2,000-km (1,240-mile) range would
be capable of reaching Western Europe. However, Iran denies that its
long-range ballistic technology is linked to its atomic program. 

 

The country is already under international pressure to give up its nuclear
work, which it says is purely civilian. 

 

Sources:  <http://www.satnews.com/cgi-bin/story.cgi?number=210675977>
Satnews Daily,  <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7750052.stm> BBC

 
http://www.universetoday.com/2008/12/04/iran-to-launch-animals-to-space/
 
 
 



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