Iran Details Space Launch Plans

 Iran's Simorgh (Phoenix) satellite carrier blasting off from the Imam Khomeini spaceport in Semnan, central Iran

Iran's Simorgh (Phoenix) satellite carrier lifting off from the country's Imam Khomeini spaceport in December 2024.

Credit: Iranian Army Office/Zuma Press Wire/Alamy
Iran plans to complete two space launches in the coming months, according to the head of the country’s space agency, Hassan Salariyeh. The launches are supposed to deploy the Tolou-3 and Zafar-2 Earth-observation satellites, he told the local Tasnim news agency. The launches were planned for 2024...
Maxim Pyadushkin

In addition to writing for Aviation Week Network, Maxim holds a key position at Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine. In the past he was in charge of several ATO’s sister aerospace publications and earlier worked for Moscow-based CAST defense think-tank.

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