Iran launches a new rocket into space

Tags: Science and Technology

• The launch was carried out by the Iranian Space Agency.
• The rocket was  launched from Imam Khomeini Space Launch Terminal located at Semnan space center, 300 km east of Tehran.
• The rocket or the Satellite launch vehicle used for this mission was Simorgh. It is also known as Phoenix or Safir-2 (Safir was Iran’s first space launch vehicle).
• Tehran successfully put its first military satellite into orbit in April 2020.
• Iran always insists that its space program is for civilian and defense purposes only, and does not breach the nuclear deal or any other international agreement.
• Western governments worry that satellite launch systems incorporate technologies interchangeable with those used in ballistic missiles capable of delivering a nuclear warhead.
• Iranian Space Agency
  • Established in 2004
  • Iran is one of the 24 founding members of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), which was set up on 13 December 1958.
  • Iran became an orbital-launch-capable nation in 2009.
  • Some of Iran’s satellite launch vehicles are Safir, Simorgh, Zuljanah, Qoqnoos, and Soroush.
  • Iran’s main launch center is Imam Khomeini Space Launch Terminal located at Semnan.
  • Omid is Iran’s first indigenously-launched satellite.