In comments on Saturday, Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force’s Space Division General Ali Jafarabadi hailed the successful launch of the homegrown ‘Soraya’ satellite, which was sent into a low Earth orbit (LEO) with the ‘Qaem-100’ satellite carrier earlier in the day.
The IRGC Aerospace Force successfully put Soraya into an orbit 750 kilometers above Earth in 11 minutes with Qaem-100, a three-stage satellite carrier running on solid fuel.
General Jafarabadi said while the Qaem-100 satellite carrier has come into service for the cycle of operation, the IRGC will conduct the test launch of ‘Qaem-105’ next year.
Within the next three years, Iran will test launch the ‘Qaem-120’ satellite carrier, which is planned to send satellites into an orbit 36,000 kilometers above Earth, he stated.
The general noted that Iran has the technical know-how to manufacture complicated solid-fuel engines that are at the cutting edge of science, saying the homegrown engines contain composite materials that withstand very high temperatures and pressures and are equipped with precision-guided nozzles.
The IRGC launched the first Iranian military satellite, Noor-I, in April 2020, and Noor-II in March 2022.
They were sent into orbit by the Qassed satellite carrier, designed and manufactured by the IRGC Aerospace Force.
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14:59 - 2024/01/23
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