{"id":294865,"date":"2024-09-15T07:22:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T07:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=294865"},"modified":"2024-09-16T07:19:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T07:19:47","slug":"iran-successfully-launches-domestically-built-chamran-1-research-satellite-into-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=294865","title":{"rendered":"Iran successfully launches domestically-built Chamran 1 research satellite into orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Press TV \u2013 Sept 14, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Iran has successfully sent into orbit the domestically-developed Chamran 1 research satellite, registering another impressive stride in the country\u2019s space program.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the early hours of Saturday, the satellite was put into orbit at an altitude of\u00a0550 kilometers (341 miles) above the Earth\u2019s surface onboard a homegrown Qaem-100 space launch vehicle (SLV).<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Iran successfully placed the Chamran-1 satellite into orbit using the Qaem-100 satellite launcher. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0ycT2DaDig\">pic.twitter.com\/0ycT2DaDig<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Press TV \uf53b (@PressTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressTV\/status\/1834871680205832511?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Qaem-100 is a three-stage SLV with solid fuel developed by the Aerospace Force of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).<\/p>\n<p>Several hours into the launch, the Iranian research satellite sent its first signals.<\/p>\n<p>Chamran-1 satellite has been designed and manufactured by Iranian technicians at the space division of Iran Electronics Industries\u00a0(SAIran), a\u00a0state-owned\u00a0subsidiary\u00a0of\u00a0Iran\u2019s\u00a0Ministry of Defense, in conjunction with experts at the\u00a0Aerospace Research Institute\u00a0(ARI)\u00a0and private knowledge-based firms.<\/p>\n<p>Weighing approximately 60 kilograms, the primary mission of the Iranian research satellite is to test hardware and software systems for orbital maneuver technology validation.<\/p>\n<p>The satellite also has secondary tasks, including assessing the performance of cold gas propulsion subsystems in space systems, and performance evaluation\u00a0of navigation and attitude control subsystems.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;Chamran1 research satellite into orbit now&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/upTmyWERqK\">pic.twitter.com\/upTmyWERqK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Press TV \uf53b (@PressTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressTV\/status\/1834912101938151741?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite sanctions imposed by Western countries in recent years, Iran has taken giant strides in the civilian space program.<\/p>\n<p>The country is among the world\u2019s top 10 nations capable of developing and launching satellites.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Iran successfully sent the homegrown Mahda research satellite, along with two research cargoes, to space onboard the domestically developed Simorgh (Phoenix) satellite launch vehicle (SLV).<\/p>\n<p>Mahda weighs 32 kilograms and its primary task is to test the satellite-related subsystems, verify the function of Simorgh SLV in dispensing space cargoes, and evaluate the performance of new designs and the reliability of indigenous technologies in space.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Aerospace Force of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) successfully put the Soraya satellite into an orbit 750 kilometers above Earth in 11 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The research satellite, manufactured by the ISA, was launched with a Qaem-100 space launch vehicle (SLV).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2024\/09\/14\/733254\/Iran-successfully-launches-domestically-built-Chamran-1-research-satellite-into-space\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of course this has implications that go beyond Iran\u2019s aspirations in space. A successful satellite launch using a three-stage launch vehicle means that Iran is within reach of developing inter-continental ballistic missile technology  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":294867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-294865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Iran"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=294865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":294866,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294865\/revisions\/294866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/294867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=294865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=294865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=294865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}