Iran launches 4th satellite

[xenomorph555]

Iran has launched it's 4th satellite, Fajr. After nearly 3 years of no successful launches due to problems with their Safir-B carrier rocket engineers have finally fixed the problems and have successfully launched.

Launch video:

Fajr (Dawn) is a 52kg cubesat that is designed to take very basic imaging from LEO and other scientific studies. Like all other Iranian satellites that has launched it has upgraded capabilities that are greater then the last. Fajr has cold gas thrusters for stabilising and a small deposit of fuel for orbital changes which it demonstrated by raising it's orbit to 400KM, a first for Iranian satellites. It was designed and built by a university and is designed to last for up to 6 months.

Another satellite called Sharif ,a more advanced imaging satellite, is supposed to be launched by March although I would say Autumn would be more accurate.

[epoca]

It's actually Iran's 5th satellite, after Sinah-1, Omid, Rasad-1 and Navid. However, it's the 4th successful launch of an orbital Iranian rocket (Sinah-1 reached space on a Russian rocket).

[xenomorph555]

It's actually Iran's 5th satellite, after Sinah-1, Omid, Rasad-1 and Navid. However, it's the 4th successful launch of an orbital Iranian rocket (Sinah-1 reached space on a Russian rocket).

Ah yes good point I forgot about Sina-1.

[epoca]

Ah yes good point I forgot about Sina-1.

No worries. Thanks for the thread, I had completely missed the news.

[xenomorph555]

No worries. Thanks for the thread, I had completely missed the news.

Thanks I enjoy spreading news and info.