The aerospace force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has successfully placed Irans second military satellite into orbit. The new satellite is dubbed Nour 2 and is put into an orbit at an altitude of 500 kilometers. The reconnaissance satellite has been launched into orbit using Ghased three-stage carrier engine from the IRGCs space base ...

Sputnik - Iran launched its first-ever military satellite on Wednesday. The satellite, developed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), is expected to expand Tehran's already considerable military capabilities. The launch of the Noor-1 (Light-1 in Farsi) satellite is not only a breakthrough for Irans space programme, but another step ...

Press TV - A US senator says Iran's recent satellite launch proved that the policies adopted by President Donald Trump have strengthened Iran and weakened America in the Middle East compared with four years ago. In a series of tweets, Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, referred to Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corpss successful launch of Iran's ...

Tasnim Irans Foreign Ministry spokesperson dismissed the stances adopted by France and the UK on the launch of Iranian homegrown Noor satellite as a result of double standards and accepting the US bullying policies. In a statement on Friday, Seyed Abbas Mousavi slammed as unacceptable the French and British stances on the launch of Irans Noor (light) ...

FNA - Guardian Council Spokesman Abbasali Kadkhodayee said on Thursday that US officials claim on Iranian military satellite is lacking legal basis, stressing the peaceful usage of the satellite. Given Irans peaceful nuclear and missile program, the US and European officials claim on Irans military satellite have no legal basis, he added. Writing ...

Press TV - Russia has dismissed as baseless claims by the United States that the recent launch of Irans first-ever military satellite by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) violates a United Nations Security Council resolution endorsing the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers. On Wednesday, the IRGC Aerospace Force launched ...

Press TV - The Commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Division has said that the country is receiving signals from its recently launched Noor satellite and that it plans to launch a future satellite in higher orbit. Speaking on Thursday, Brigadier General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh said that Iran had received the satellites signals ...

Tasnim The United States has assessed that Iran successfully launched a military satellite into orbit for the first time on Wednesday, according to two US Defense Department officials. US Space Command is tracking two objects in orbit that were launched from within Iran, according to one of the officials. One is a rocket body and the other is assessed ...

MNA The Secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani, in a tweet on Wednesday, praised and congratulated IRGC for the successful launching of the first military satellite of Iran. "IRGC has become the GhasedENour (messenger of light) in its birth anniversary and honor of the successful launch of the first ...

MNA |Mehdi Azizi: Iran could manage to launch its first military satellite, the Noor-1 Satellite, by the domestically-built launcher Qassed (messenger) on Wednesday morning to expand its international presence in the space industry. The significant point is that the US intelligence and security forces could not have any clue about Iran's such activities ...

RT - Strangled by Americas maximum pressure campaign, Iran was still able to send a military satellite into orbit, spelling the start of its space era. But from the US, the achievement will be met with only one thing: more sanctions. Dubbed Noor (Persian for light), the military satellite was on Wednesday morning propelled to 425km above ground ...

Tasnim Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Hossein Salami said a multipurpose satellite that was launched into orbit on Wednesday is a great jump forward for the IRGCs intelligence capabilities. In comments after the launch of Irans first-ever military satellite Noor into an earth orbit, Major General Salami said the ...

ISNA - Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) successfully launched the Noor-1 Satellite by the domestically-built launcher Qassed (messenger) on Wednesday morning. It is Iran's first military satellite and is placed into the orbit at an altitude of 425km.    

AFP | Ahmad Parhizi: Iran's Revolutionary Guards announced they had successfully launched the country's first military satellite on Wednesday, at a time of fresh tensions with US forces in the Persian Gulf. The United States alleges Iran's satellite programme is a cover for its development of missiles, while the Islamic republic has previously insisted ...

MNA Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has successfully put its first military satellite into the orbit. The elite force launched the Noor-1 Satellite by the domestically-built launcher Qassed (messenger) on Wednesday morning and placed it into the orbit at an altitude of 425km. Noor-1 is the Islamic Republics first military satellite ...