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Iranian satellite
Rasad-1
(
Persian
:
???
, meaning
Observation
) was an Iranian satellite which was launched in 2011.
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Satellite
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The third Iranian satellite, and the second to be launched successfully using an indigenous rocket, Rasad-1 was Iran's first imaging satellite. Launched aboard a
Safir-B
carrier rocket
, it was successfully placed into a
low Earth orbit
at an altitude of 236 by 299 kilometres (147 by 186 mi),
inclined
at 55.7 degrees. It made approximately fifteen orbits per day.
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Rasad-1 was launched on the maiden flight of the Safir-B rocket, designated Safir-B1, from a launch site in
Semnan Province
, Iran. The launch occurred at approximately 09:14 UTC on 15 June 2011 with the spacecraft reaching orbit several minutes later.
The satellite had a mass of 15.3 kilograms (34 lb) and returned images with a resolution of 150 metres (490 ft).
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It was equipped with solar panels to generate power. The satellite
decayed from orbit
three weeks after launch, on 6 July 2011.
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References
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External links
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Iranian space program
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Space centres
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Satellites
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Remote sensing
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Communication
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Launch vehicles
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Spacecraft and capsules
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Astronomical observatories
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Primary spaceports
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People
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January
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February
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March
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April
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May
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June
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July
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August
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September
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October
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November
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December
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- Compass-IGSO5
- Amos-5
,
Luch 5A
- IGS Radar 3
- Pleiades-HR 1A
,
SSOT
,
ELISA 1
,
ELISA 2
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ELISA 3
,
ELISA 4
- NigComSat-1R
- Soyuz TMA-03M
- Ziyuan-1C
- Meridian 5
- Globalstar M080
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Globalstar M082
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Globalstar M084
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Globalstar M086
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Globalstar M090
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Globalstar M092
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Launches are separated by dots ( ? ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ).
Crewed flights
are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).
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