The Islamic Republic of Iran has successfully launched its domestically-built Navid-e Elm-o Sanat satellite into orbit following a decree by Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. More from PressTV, Russia Today, Fars News Agency, The Christian Science Monitor and Associated Press.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called in to the launch site, saying he was “hopeful this act will send a signal of more friendship among all human beings,” the official IRNA news agency reported. The satellite was launched on the Space Technology Day and the third day of the Ten-Day Dawn (Feb. 1-Feb. 11) in which Iran celebrates the 34th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.
Iran’s decade-old space program has raised alarms in the West, because the same technology that allows missiles to launch satellites can be used to fire warheads, reports The Washington Post. The Navid-e Elm-o Sanat satellite is the third launched by Iran into orbit, after launches of smaller satellites in 2009 and 2011.
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