Iran Receives First Signals from New Home-Made Nour-2 Satellite

The first signals from Nour-2 was received, Zare’pour wrote on his instagram page on Tuesday.

He referred to the successful launch of Nour-2 satellite, developed by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) experts, saying that grounds have been paved for launching satellite into Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

Zare’pour noted that Nour-2 is a reconnaissance satellite which is to revolve around the earth every 90 minutes.  

The IRGC Aerospace Force successfully launched a new reconnaissance satellite named ‘Nour-2’ into the orbit on Tuesday.

‘Nour-2’ satellite was sent to the space on the back of the home-built launcher Qassed (messenger) on Tuesday morning and was placed into the orbit at an altitude of 500 km.

The satellite is tasked with reconnaissance, and was placed into the orbit after 480 seconds at the speed of 6.7 km/s.

‘Nour-1’, the first military satellite of Iran, was successfully launched and put into orbit by the Qassed carrier in April 2020. It was placed into the orbit at an altitude of 425km.

In July, the IRGC Aerospace Force released images taken by Nour-1, showing al-Udeid base in Qatar, which hosts thousands of US forces.

The images taken through mosaicking method by Nour-1 Satellite, which was launched successfully on April 22, were high resolution and showed the US biggest airbase in the Middle-East in Qatar which hosts nearly 13,000 American forces.

The IRGC launched the satellite aboard Qassed (Carrier) satellite carrier during an operation that was staged in Dasht-e Kavir, Iran’s sprawling Central desert. The Launcher Qassed is a three-stage launcher using compound solid-liquid fuel.

Iranian officials have always stressed that the country’s military and arms programs serve defensive purposes.

Defense analysts and military observers say that Iran’s wargames and its advancements in weapons production have proved as a deterrent factor.