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A Qased launch vehicle launched the Noor satellite from Iran, on 22 April 2020. According to official sources, Qased (قاصد) is a "three-stage, solid-propellant launcher" and the Noor ( نور) satellite was placed in a 425-km orbit.
A photo of the moment of launching the triple launcher carrying the Iranian satellite Noor-2. The Nour 2 satellite (also spelled Noor 2, Persian: ماهواره نور, lit. 'Light') callsign "NOUR 02" or "NOOR 02", is an Iranian military satellite, which was launched into orbit on 8 March 2022. [1] The Nour 2 satellite was lifted into space by ...
The launch of the Noor 1 satellite on April 22, 2020, using the Qased launch vehicle out of Shahroud space center revealed the existence of a parallel military space program run by the IRGC as opposed to Iran's civil space program run by the Iranian Space Agency (ISA).
Qased is a three stage rocket. Its first stage is propelled by a Ghadr medium range ballistic missile with a diameter of 1.25 meters (4 ft 1 in), burning UDMH and N 2 O 4 for 103 seconds and an approximate thrust of 30,000 kilograms-force (290 kN; 66,000 lbf), although Qased's application of the proven Ghadr as its first stage is limited to the first launches and subsequent launches are to ...
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South Korea canceled its planned launch Wednesday of its first commercial-grade satellite due to a technical issue, days after rival North Korea reaffirmed its push to place its first military spy ...
SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a classified contract with a U.S. intelligence agency, five sources familiar with the program said, demonstrating deepening ties ...
[1] [2] It is used as the second stage of the Qased and Qaem-100 satellite launch vehicles. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The system was announced on 9 February 2020 [ 4 ] and was launched for the first time on 22 April 2020, placing Iran 's first military satellite, named Noor , into orbit.