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Iran plans to launch five new satellites into space

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 28 Nov 2023 12:14
3 Min Read

Iran plans to launch five new satellites into space by the end of the Iranian calendar year, March 20, 2024.

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  • This frame grab from video aired by Iranian state television on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, shows what Iran's Communication Minister Isa Zarepour said is a Noor-3 satellite being launched from an undisclosed location, in Iran (AP)
    This frame grab from a video aired by Iranian state television on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, shows what Iran's Communication Minister Isa Zarepour said is a Noor-3 satellite being launched from an undisclosed location, in Iran (AP)

Iran plans to launch five new satellites into space by the end of the Iranian calendar year, March 20, 2024. A report by Tasnim news agency quoted Iranian Communications Minister Eisa Zarepour saying "We [Iran] will have two satellite launches by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), two launches by the defense ministry, and one launch of a foreign satellite".

On Monday, the head of the Iranian Space Agency, Hassan Salarieh, said that specialists at an Iranian research center had manufactured a bio-capsule for launch into space.

Back in October, Zarepour said the country would conduct the first tests of a bio-capsule designed to send astronauts into space in the upcoming months, adding that Iran was working to send a man into space in the next five years.

The month before, he said the IRGC air force had succeeded in launching the third military satellite Noor-3 into orbit. It was later revealed that Iran plans to launch two more satellites into orbit by the end of March 2024.

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Iran had previously suspended space manufacturing activities between 2015 and 2017 and later experienced a couple of civilian launch failures in 2019. However, Iran quickly recovered and successfully launched two satellites into orbit in 2020 and March 2022.

In parallel to reports about Russia using Iranian drones in Ukraine gave rise to many fears within the occupation, an Israeli West Asia affairs analyst Seth Frantzman wrote in The Jerusalem Post that Russia is increasingly using Iranian drones in Ukraine, which is a threat that "must be taken seriously" in the international arena, not only in the countries' respective regions.

According to Frantzman, Iran has been exporting either pieces or blueprints of drones to its regional allies, such as Ansar Allah in Yemen, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in occupied Palestine. What is notable, however, is that the UAVs are now much more sophisticated than they used to be, with longer ranges and higher precision.

Russia's usage of loitering munition drones developed by Iran against Ukraine is showing the might of the Iranian UAV capabilities.

The DPRK has also kickstarted a new space power era, According to official statements, Kim Jong Un declared the launch of a surveillance satellite a "full-fledged exercise of the right to self-defense" during his visit to the National Space Agency. The leader asserted that the newly deployed spy satellite would protect the DPRK from perceived threats posed by "dangerous and aggressive moves of the hostile forces."

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