Launch News Iran's third satellite now in orbit

[SiberianTiger]

Many thanks, mahdavi3d, that's a whole lot of pictures! :thankyou:

A pity this time was apparently no rocket cams aboard.

 

[SiberianTiger]

And there's a TLE set for the Navid:

1 38076U 12005B   12034.80272053  .00133474  16489-4  51114-3 0    56 
2 38076 056.0270 033.0511 0070447 131.6309 229.0872 15.83306298   133

 

[Urwumpe]

And on the main topic, any info on the purpose of the satellite? Or am I blind? :shrug:

Earth observation, as far as I can tell, which can't be much observation at just 80 kg mass, but that is the same mass range as for example Proba.

 

[Hurricane]

Earth observation, as far as I can tell, which can't be much observation at just 80 kg mass, but that is the same mass range as for example Proba.

Indeed, 80kg is a bit too small. Any lifespan predictions yet?

 

[MaverickSawyer]

looks like a cubesat style design, although it's a bit bigger than a typical cubesat.

 

[Urwumpe]

Indeed, 80kg is a bit too small. Any lifespan predictions yet?

If it is without propulsion, it should decay in about less than 4 months with that semi-axis and at the current solar activity. Could calculate it more precise if I would know how large it is and if I find my lecture notes with the formula.

 

[Hurricane]

If it is without propulsion, it should decay in about less than 4 months with that semi-axis and at the current solar activity. Could calculate it more precise if I would know how large it is and if I find my lecture notes with the formula.

Hmm, nice. Even that estimation is good. :thumbup:

 

[T.Neo]

Primitive Iranian rocket technology will never become successful.

 

[Hurricane]

Primitive Iranian rocket technology will never become successful.

:lol:
Underestimating people isn't good. You will eventually find yourself surprised (;
And the Americans started way worse than that (;

 

[Urwumpe]

Primitive Iranian rocket technology will never become successful.

:rofl::rofl:

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:lol:
And the Americans started way worse than that (;

They started with German Engineering. They should better have kept using it instead of thinking they can do it better themselves with the Vanguard. :lol:

 

[SiberianTiger]

Primitive Iranian rocket technology will never become successful.

Any newborn baby is ugly, if it's not yours. :lol:

 

[T.Neo]

Any newborn baby is ugly, if it's not yours.

My country has no newborn baby... unless you count the defunct program we had a couple of decades ago that used renamed Shavit rockets from Israel. :lol:

 

[SiberianTiger]

Sorry for that, but, at least, South Africa makes satellites. And it is also an invaluable spot for ground tracking & comms stations.

Probably when World's ecnomy will make a positive swing anytime, we'll see some involvement into spaceflight from SA too.

 

[Cairan]

Well, from Iran to anywhere in the US, it's 11000 km ± 2000 km direct over Greenland... So, I guess they won't close Thule AFB anytime soon... As for my comment about the sat being for recon purposes, I was sarcastic

 

[mahdavi3d]

safir-navid LV new images:
http://www.mehrnews.com/mehr_media/image/2012/02/751969_orig.jpg
http://www.mehrnews.com/mehr_media/image/2012/02/751967_orig.jpg
http://www.mehrnews.com/mehr_media/image/2012/02/751966_orig.jpg

source: mehrnews
http://www.mehrnews.com/fa/newsdetail.aspx?NewsID=1524605
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track it on n2yo
http://www.n2yo.com/?s=38075

 

[Urwumpe]

The vehicle next to the launch pad looks pretty much like a longer SCUD TELAR, the heritage of the ballistic missile is really hard to deny. But does not look like it has any military use left, the trailer for the missile is not really making an impression of working offroad.

Well, I am a bit paranoid there, but in case of the Russian ballistic-missile derived launch vehicles, we did know that they had been pointing at us once. :rofl:

 

[RisingFury]

Primitive Iranian rocket technology will never become successful.

Yes, because the Iranian cavemen can't possibly learn anything for themselves.

 

[Hurricane]

Yes, because the Iranian cavemen can't possibly learn anything for themselves.

:lol:
Indeed. They use 70 year old aircraft tech (their ground effect aircraft fleet).
Anyway, let's see what comes out of that. I wonder if they could ever make a 10-ton satellite like our dear American and European friends.
Or even a 300kg one with the capabilities of TecSAR...

[BTW TecSAR FTW! :headbang::facts: a 300kg sat that produces the highest quality images (;]

 

[Urwumpe]

Well, TecSAR is still a lot more primitive compared to the European SAR-Lupe or TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X, but then, there we are talking about complete satellite systems already and no longer single independent satellites.

10 ton satellites are really rarely used, the last big one that I remember is EnviSAT, which is a science platform, which means: One big satellite with huge computer stuffed with all instruments and experiments that had been ready before closing the payload fairing.

And still, the record in "number of experiments per kg satellite mass" is held by the German BremSat - a very small satellite (63 kg, 48 cm diameter, 58 cm high) launched as Getaway-Special from the payload bay of the Space Shuttle on STS-60.

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

According to the Israelis, apparently the camera lens on the satellite is a stock 8-24 mm lens from a Sony digital camera....

Spysat? If this thing's a spysat, then the Iranians should sell them across the globe for universities around the world to spy on the sport teams of the other universities.... :rofl: