Iran's first satellite

Its interesting to note that launching the satellite and
having its communication and Earth Observation capabilities
be available seems to have taken a higher priority over
demonstrating native launch capability. Which leaves the
other parts of the puzzle - how far along are they and
how did the Bam earth quake affect it are in shadows. But
maybe this is less of a priority for Iran now with the
creation of APSCO and ever-increasing ties with Ukraine,
India and China?

--
Sander

+++ Out of cheese error +++

Sander, that is a perceptive observation. Perhaps the satellite
alone is less provocative (see the reaction to NorKorea's
rocket and 'satellite'). BTW, I think there are two separate
Iranian satellites -- one a store-dump commsat for pipeline
status monitoring, the other a surface imager.




"Sander Vesik" wrote in message
...
Its interesting to note that launching the satellite and
having its communication and Earth Observation capabilities
be available seems to have taken a higher priority over
demonstrating native launch capability. Which leaves the
other parts of the puzzle - how far along are they and
how did the Bam earth quake affect it are in shadows. But
maybe this is less of a priority for Iran now with the
creation of APSCO and ever-increasing ties with Ukraine,
India and China?

--
Sander

+++ Out of cheese error +++

This was a busy launcher :-)

2 of the nine satellites having problems, though...the Russian
satellite Mozhayets-5 appearently didn't seperate, and the student/ESA
satellite SSETI Express wasn't charging its batteries.

/dps