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TEHRAN, 2009, Oct. 13 -- Iran announces that a new telecommunications satellite
is ready for launch. Iran's Minister of Communications and Information Technology,
Reza Taqhipour, said the satellite has successfully completed pre-launch tests
and is now ready for take off.
TEHRAN, 2009, Dec. 23 -- The Islamic Republic of Iran plans to launch satellites
into orbit early in the new year, its defense minister told the semi-official
Fars news agency. Iran will to launch a new generation of the country's national
satellites called Tolou. The first satellite will be unveiled during the "Ten
Days" of an annual event that takes place between 1-11 February, marking the
victory of the Islamic revolution.
THERAN, 2010, Jan. 20 -- Iran will unveil three new satellites in February,
a report said.
ISNA news agency quoted Communications Minister Reza Taghipour as saying that
one of the three home-built communications satellites is still under construction.
Taghipour named the three satellites as Tolou, Mesbah-2 and
Ya Mahdi (Navide Elmo Sannat), but did not elaborate on exactly when they
would be launched.
Ya Mahdi, Taghipour said as quoted by ISNA, was an "experimental satellite"
and the launch would be for testing camera and telecommunications equipment.
Mesbah-2, which is under construction, "is a low-orbit telecommunication satellite
for storing and sending messages," he said.
Iran's defence minister Ahmad Vahidi said that Tolou is a "reconnaissance satellite,"
ISNA reported.
Vahidi had previously said Tolou would be unveiled during celebrations in early
February marking the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution.
He said last month that Tolou was designed by Sa Iran, also known as Iran Electronics
Industries, an affiliate company of the defence ministry.
THERAN, 2010, Jan. 29 -- Iranian defense minister Ahmad Vahidi announced
that the country plans to unveil a home-made engine for satellite carrier rockets
within the next few days.
"Tolou and Mesbah satellites as well as Simorgh satellite carrier engine will be unveiled in the ceremonies from February 1-11,
celebrating the victory of the Islamic Revolution back in 1979," Vahidi added.
THERAN, 2010, Febr. 01 -- Iran will unveil five space projects at ceremonies
to celebrate the victory of the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Fars news agency
said.
On the third day of the festivities, Iranian authorities will hold a presentation
of the Tolou satellite, the Mesbah-2 and Ya Mahdi research satellites, and the
engine for the new Simorgh booster rocket.
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TEHRAN (FARS) -- Iran unveiled a new home-made satellite carrier. The satellite
carrier named “Simorgh” utilizes a new generation of liquid-fuel engines to
put satellites in orbit. The milk-bottle shaped rocket, emblazoned in blue with
the words "Satellite Carrier Simorgh", is equipped to carry a 100-kilogram satellite
500 kilometers into orbit.
"The 27-meter tall multi-stage rocket
weighs 85 tons and its liquid fuel propulsion system has a thrust of up to 143
tons. The rocket uses a cluster of four engines each having a thrust of 32 tons
plus a control engine (*) with a thrust of 15 tons."
* meant are
the second stage enginesTEHRAN
(ISNA) - Tehran At a ceremony attended by Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
in the country’s National Day of Aerospace Technology Tolou, Mesbah 2 and Ya
Mahdi were unveiled. Tolou will be placed in low-earth orbit at about 500 kilometers
above the Earth and will be charged by solar cells and secondary batteries.
Mesbah 2 is a telecommunication satellite and Ya Mahdi is made by students that
sends photos to the Earth.
The new Simorgh satellite carrier could take satellites with 100 kilograms weight
at the height of 500 kilometers above the Earth. Also Simorgh satellite carrier
engine can put up to 700 kilograms at orbit 1,000 kilometers above the Earth.
TEHRAN, 2010, Aug. 05 -- President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran is working on a three-stage rocket to carry
a satellite 1,000 kilometres into space.
"Last time, we sent a satellite to 250 kilometres... Next year it will be sent
to 700 kilometres, and the year after that to 1,000 kilometres," he said.
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For driving the first stage of the Simorgh is used a cluster of
four Nodong engines.
That is the crucial difference to the North Korean Unha-2. The Unha-2 uses the
Chinese YF-2 engines from the DF-3 missile. The proof of this is the arrangement
of the exhaust-tubes. The Unha-2 exhaust-tubes like the DF-3 are visible on
the side of the rocket. The exhaust tubes of Simorgh are placed on the bottom
of the rocket beside the nozzles. The thrust of both engines are similar however.
Simorgh: 1,255
kN (vac) ------ Nodong engines (4)
Unha-2: 1,132 kN (vac)
------ YF-2 engine (4)
For
the second stage of Simogh be used the same engines as in the Safir IRILV (the
application of the Soviet R-27 SLBM technology is recognizable),
or new engines.
The thrust
is 147 kN (vac). To achieve these thrust-level are needed four Safir-engines
or two new engines - with twice thrust - like the second stage of the Unha-2.
Differences between the Unha-2 and the Simorgh IRILV are the amounts of fuel
and the diameters. The first stage of Unha-2 with 2.25 m diameter has more amount
of fuel as the Simorgh with 2.00 m diameter. Further, is the fuel in the second
stage of Unha-2, with a larger diameter, significantly higher than in the Simorgh.
The second stage of Simorgh has ~150 % more fuel as those of Safir IRILV.
The presented Simorgh IRILV has a length of ~ 24 m. The said length of 27 meters
is not realistic. It is likely that future rocket has a additional solid-fuel
motor of 3 m in length and 2 tons weight.
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