First military-grade Iranian satellite launched


Issue 1153 - 26 Aug 2022 | 1 minute read

An Iranian satellite was successfully put into orbit, after being launched aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket launched from Baikonur in Kazakhstan. The Khayyam satellite will give Tehran its own military-grade imagery collection capability for the first time.

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