Rasad-1 ( fa, رصد, meaning ''Observation'') was an Iranian satellite which was launched in 2011. 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
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, it was successfully placed into a
low Earth orbit
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at an altitude of ,
inclined
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at 55.7 degrees. It made approximately fifteen orbits per day.
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 and returned images with a resolution of . It was equipped with solar panels to generate power. The satellite
decayed from orbit three weeks after launch, on 6 July 2011.
See also
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Omid
''Omid'' ( fa, امید, meaning "Hope") was Iran's first domestically made satellite. Omid was a data-processing satellite for research and telecommunications; Iran's state television reported that it was successfully launched on 2 February 2009 ...
References
External links
n2yo.com
{{Orbital launches in 2011
Satellites of Iran
2011 in Iran
Spacecraft launched in 2011
Spacecraft which reentered in 2011