Re: Iran's first satellite

Sander, that is a perceptive observation. Perhaps the satellite
alone is less provocative (see the reaction to NorKorea's
rocket and 'satellite'). BTW, I think there are two separate
Iranian satellites -- one a store-dump commsat for pipeline
status monitoring, the other a surface imager.




"Sander Vesik" <sander@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Its interesting to note that launching the satellite and
> having its communication and Earth Observation capabilities
> be available seems to have taken a higher priority over
> demonstrating native launch capability. Which leaves the
> other parts of the puzzle - how far along are they and
> how did the Bam earth quake affect it are in shadows. But
> maybe this is less of a priority for Iran now with the
> creation of APSCO and ever-increasing ties with Ukraine,
> India and China?
>
> --
> Sander
>
> +++ Out of cheese error +++


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