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RE: Omid satellite

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It can be seen clearly, if you know where to look - a faint, moving point of light in the night sky. Amateur observers, and the US military, have already spotted Iran's first home-made satellite, called Omid, meaning "hope", and they have picked up its radio signals, too. For just a few months, Omid will remain in space, along with the upper stage of the Safir-2 rocket that took the satellite into its orbit, until both burn up in the Earth's atmosphere as they ebb back towards the planet.

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TLE Data

OMID
1 33506U 09004A   09035.39082071  .00071902  12511-4  19126-3 0   140
2 33506 055.5088 307.7351 0098496 154.0877 206.5195 15.86756108   267

Period: 90.76
Inclination: 55.51
Apogee: 378
Perigee: 246

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The Third Iran Satellite Launch

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Western powers have expressed serious concerns after Iran launched its first domestically-made satellite into orbit.
Iran says the satellite, carried on a Safir-2 rocket, is meant for research and telecommunications purposes and insists its intentions are peaceful.
But the US, UK and France have voiced concerns that the technology used could lead to ballistic missile development.

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Iran's ongoing efforts to develop its missile delivery capabilities remain a matter of deep concern. Recently, Iran's development of a space launch vehicle (SLV) capable of putting a satellite into orbit establishes the technical basis from which Iran could develop long-range ballistic missile systems. Many of the technological building blocks involved in SLVs are the same as those required to develop long-range ballistic missiles.

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Iran launched Omid data-processing national satellite on Monday night.
The launching of the satellite, which was done upon an order by Irans President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, coincides with the 30th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran.
The satellite was launched using Safir-2 rocket and was successfully set into orbit.

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ISA president Reza Taqipour said on Tuesday if no problem hinders the process, the all Iranian made satellite will join the orbit by the end of the current Iranian year (ending on March 20).

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Iran's Space Agency (ISA) announced that the first domestically-built satellite called "Omid" (Hope) would be sent to the space by March 20.

"If no problem hinders the process, the all-Iranian-made satellite will join the orbit by the end of the current Iranian year (ending on March 20). Technical experts are trying to finalize the project according to the schedule" - ISA President Reza Taqipour.

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"Today, the Iranian nation has obtained the technology to produce different kinds of satellites and with God's help it will launch its first telecommunications ... satellite into space" - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

He did not give a timetable in the remarks carried by state TV. Iran's top aerospace official said on Thursday the country aimed to send a manned rocket into space in the next 10 years.

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Iranian Space Agency Launched Satellite Carrier Into Orbit

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