Topic: Middle East
Iran acknowledged as a failure on Wednesday its attempt to send a live monkey into space last month -- touted as its first step towards launching a man into space."The Kavoshgar-5 rocket carrying a capsule with a live animal (a monkey) was ...
An Ariane rocket launched two communications satellites into orbit Wednesday, after strike action at the Kourou space centre in French Guiana delayed take-off by a day.The launch, Arianespace's fifth this year, put two television satellites into orbit: Arabsat 5C covering the Middle ...
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran plans to send a live monkey into space next month, the latest advance in a missile and space program which has alarmed Israel and its western allies that fear the Islamic Republic is seeking nuclear weapons.The official IRNA ...
Iran plans to send a live monkey into space in the summer, the country's top space official said after the launch of the Rassad-1 satellite, state television reported on its website on Thursday."The Kavoshgar-5 rocket will be launched during the month of ...
Iran successfully launched its Rassad-1 satellite into space on Wednesday, the country's Arabic-language television channel Al-Alam said."It was launched by the Safir rocket and put into orbit 260 kilometres (163 miles) above the Earth," the television said. "It is capable of photographing ...
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has successfully launched a second domestically built satellite into orbit, Iran's Arabic language al-Alam television reported on Wednesday.The United States and its allies fear Iran is seeking to build nuclear bombs and are concerned that the long-range ballistic ...
An Ariane-5 rocket placed two telecommunications satellites into geostationary orbit, the 43rd successive success for the European rocket, Arianespace announced.The rocket blasted off from the European space centre at Kourou, French Guiana, at 2137 GMT Friday.The 5.9-tonne United Arab Emirates satellite Yahsat ...
Iran on Thursday signalled a broadening of its space ambitions by announcing the launch of a new rocket and a test capsule designed to house a monkey, amid Western concerns over its scientific advances.The Iranian Space Agency launched the Kavoshgar-4 rocket carrying ...
Iran on Sunday opened its first centre to receive satellite images, a new stage in its space programme that coincides with celebrations marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution.Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said the equipment used in the centre located in ...
Iran said on Sunday it will showcase what it called a new range of rockets and satellites during annual celebrations marking the 32nd anniversary of the Islamic revolution.Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said Safir 1-B and Kavoshgar 4 rockets and Rasad and Fajr ...
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