Iran prepares to launch satellite
Iran has announced that the country is set to send its first remote sensing telecommunication satellite into space in the near future.
In a Saturday address in the central city of Arak, the Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said sanctions have proven ineffective in obstructing Iran’s march of progress.
"The Islamic Republic has now developed the technology to build satellites and will use its advanced technology to launch its first remote sensing telecommunication satellite into space," President Ahmadinejad said.
The report comes after the Wednesday announcement of the head of Iran’s Aerospace Organization that the country is preparing to send its first astronaut to space within the next decade.
The country’s homemade satellite is of the most advanced technology of its kind, President Ahmadinejad continued.
The Iranian president added that the country’s first homemade satellite carrier Safir 1 will help the satellite reach a speed of 8000 m/s, the highest speed satellites can reach.
President Ahmadinejad cautioned global powers that their sanctions would only make the Iranian nation more determined to reach its goals.
Earlier on Sunday, Iran successfully launched its first domestically manufactured satellite carrier, Safir 1, which will be used to send a lightweight telecommunications satellite, Omid (meaning ‘hope’ in Persian), into orbit.
Following the successful launch of the Iranian satellite, the US spokesman Gordon Johndroe described ‘the Iranian development and testing of rockets’ as ‘troubling’.
The West continues to accuse the Islamic Republic of pursuing a military nuclear program. This is while the UN nuclear watchdog has confirmed the non-diversion of declared nuclear material in the country’s nuclear program.
Following the successful launch of the Iranian satellite, the US spokesman Gordon Johndroe described 'the Iranian development and testing of rockets' as 'troubling'
The West continues to accuse the Islamic Republic of pursuing a military nuclear program. This is while the UN nuclear watchdog has confirmed the non-diversion of declared nuclear material in the country's nuclear program.
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