Omid (satellite)

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Omid

The launch of Omid from Semnan province of Iran
Organisation ISA
Launch date 2009-02-02
Carrier rocket Safir
NSSDC ID 2009-004A

Omid (Persian: امید, meaning "Hope")[1] is Iran's first domestically made satellite.[2] Described as a data-processing satellite for research and telecommunications, Iran's state television reported that it was successfully launched on February 2, 2009.[2][3][4] After being launched by an Iranian-made carrier rocket, Safir 2, the satellite was placed into a low Earth orbit. The launch, which coincides with the 30th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution and was supervised by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was also verified by NASA the following day as a success.[5]

Ahmadinejad said the satellite was launched to spread "monotheism, peace and justice" in the world.[6] The Tehran Times reported that "Iran has said it wants to put its own satellites into orbit to monitor natural disasters in the earthquake-prone nation and improve its telecommunications." [7] Foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki said the satellite was launched to "meet the needs of the country" and is "purely for peaceful purposes".[6]

Omid is battery powered with store and forward telecommunication capability. It has the shape of a 40 cm cube with mass of 27 kg.[4]

With this launch Iran joined the list of countries that are capable of launching domestic satellite.

Omid is Iran's second satellite in orbit. A previous Iranian satellite, Sina-1, was built and launched for Iran by Russia in 2005.[8][9] Iran hopes to launch three more satellites by 2010. [7]

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[edit] Test launch

Speaking at the opening of a new space centre on February 4, 2008, President Ahmadinejad announced that Omid would be launched in "the near future".[10] On August 17, 2008, Iranian officials reported that a test of the satellite carrier was performed, and footage was broadcast of the launch of the Safir rocket in darkness.

[edit] Orbit
Omid Telemetry
AFSK Telemetry recorded from the Omid satellite. The deep fades may be caused by the satellite tumbling in its orbit.
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The satellite was launched southeast over the Indian Ocean to avoid overflying neighboring countries and is in an orbit with an orbital inclination of 55.5 degrees.[11] The orbital altitude is reported to range from 246 to 377 km, period 90.76 min.[12]

[edit] Responses

The New York Times reported that launching Omid satellite was mainly a symbolic accomplishment because the satellite was very small, but the action had a number of potential military implications.[13]

  •  United States: White House spokesman Robert Gibbs expressed:This action does not convince us that Iran is acting responsibly to advance stability or security in the region.[14]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Iran launches first space research center". individual.com. February 4, 2008. http://www.individual.com/story.php?story=77178693. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 
  2. ^ a b Fredrik Dahl and Edmund Blair (Feb 3, 2009). "Iran launches first home-made satellite: state TV". Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5120NN20090203. Retrieved on Feb 3, 2009. 
  3. ^ "Iran puts Omid data-processing satellite into orbit". IRNA. 2009-02-03. http://www5.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=335409&IdLanguage=3. Retrieved on 2009-02-03. 
  4. ^ a b OMID Satellite Launch Report, Iranian Space Agency, 9 February 2009, http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/pdf/pres/stsc2009/tech-15.pdf, retrieved on 2009-03-15 
  5. ^ UK Gaurdian, 3 Feb 2009, President Ahmadinejad announcing the launch.
  6. ^ a b "Iran launches homegrown satellite". 2009-02-03. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7866357.stm. Retrieved on 2009-02-04. 
  7. ^ a b "Iran’s Omid satellite launched into orbit". 2009-02-04. http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=188488. Retrieved on 2009-02-15. 
  8. ^ "Iran space rocket successfully transmits data". USA Today. 2008-02-17. http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-02-17-iran-space_N.htm. Retrieved on 2009-02-04. 
  9. ^ "First Iranian satellite launched" (in English). BBC. 27 October 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4381436.stm. Retrieved on 2008-08-17. 
  10. ^ "DEBKAfile - Iran launches first space research rocket Safir 1". http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=5000. 
  11. ^ Stephen Clark (February 3, 2009), "Iran puts satellite into Earth orbit", Spaceflight Now, http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0902/03iran/ 
  12. ^ "Omid - Orbit Data". Heavens Above. http://www.heavens-above.com/orbit.aspx?satid=33506&lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=CET. Retrieved on 2009-02-04. 
  13. ^ NAZILA FATHI and WILLIAM J. BROAD (February 3, 2009). "Iran Launches Satellite in a Challenge for Obama" (in English). New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/04/world/middleeast/04iran.html?hp. Retrieved on 2009-02-7. 
  14. ^ a b Jay Deshmukh (February 3, 2009). "Iran sends first home-built satellite into orbit" (in English). AFP. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090203/ts_afp/iranspace. Retrieved on 2009-02-7. 

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