Iran on Thursday completed installation of an indigenous rocket intended to carry an Iranian satellite to space soon, an Iranian minister said."This is the Iranian Simorgh installed at the site. It weighs over 80 tons and will carry Zafar (the satellite) up to 530 km above the earth," tweeted Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, Iranian minister of information and communications technology."It will take eight minutes from the start to the end of its operation, and we hope ... to receive the pictures by Zafar" after eight minutes, he said.Zafar is a 90 kg remote-sensing satellite equipped with color cameras and can be used for surveying oil reserves, mines, jungles and natural disasters.
This is Iranian Simorgh 💪🏻 Which was deployed on the site. More than 3 tonnes of weight will drive Zafar up to 3 kilometers. From the start to the end of its operation, it will take about 2 minutes, 5 minutes of breathtaking hope that we will be able to receive the images of Zafar at the end thanks to Prophet Zahra. ✨ Amiratami and colleagues, God bless
There are also launch preparations visible from space. The declared launch window is 1-11 February.
Iran's Zafar satellite construction. The launch is expected in the coming days.
Satellite imagery from yesterday (1st February 2020) shows continued activity at Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Semnan, #Iran. Zafar 1 communication sat. is due to be launched in the window between 1st-11th February. A support vehicle can be seen in-front of the mobile gantry.
So launch could be expected on Friday 7
Quote from: input~2 on 02/03/2020 10:38 pmSo launch could be expected on Friday 7Now its 7 February, 2:45 am in Teheran. Should launch within the next 21 hours.
February 6 23:15 UTC was over 12 hours ago. I can't find any news of a launch.
