IRG Ready to Launch Foreign Satellites

By Staff, Agencies

In comments at a TV appearance on Monday night, Commander of the IRG Aerospace Force’s Space Division General Ali Jafarabadi hailed the successful cooperation between the IRG and the administration in the launch of the homegrown Soraya satellite, which was sent into a low Earth orbit [LEO] with the ‘Qaem-100’ satellite carrier on Saturday.

He said the IRG is prepared for more joint projects with the state-run sectors and to launch other satellites in future.

The commander also stated that if the Iranian administration holds negotiations with the neighboring countries that are in possession of research satellites weighing below 100 kilograms, the IRG will be ready to launch the satellites of the other countries too.

The IRG Aerospace Force has successfully put Soraya into an orbit 750 kilometers above Earth in 11 minutes with Qaem-100, a three-stage satellite carrier running on solid fuel.

General Jafarabadi has announced that within the next three years, Iran will test launch the ‘Qaem-120’ satellite carrier, which is planned to send satellites into an orbit 36,000 kilometers above Earth.