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Iran to build spacecraft carrying life capsule

Service: Science?

1390/09/16?

12-07-2011?

10:17:58?

News Code :9009-09339

ISNA - Tehran?

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TEHRAN (ISNA)-Iran will have accomplished building a spacecraft carrying life capsule in next 28 months.

The Head of space dynamic research team of Iranian prestigious Amir-Kabir Poly Technique University Mansour Kabganian told ISNA, "The engineering model of the spacecraft which is to carry life capsule and be launched to LEO would be constructed by next 24 months."

The project aims at sending life capsule to the space, short-term stationing of the spacecraft in LEO, returning to the atmosphere and receiving vital signs.

"Sending life capsule to LEO, employment of indigenous carrier, returning of the ship in due time, registering and sending vital signs, using Iran's potentials and capabilities are other goals pursued by the project," he continued.

LEO lies in 1600-2000 kilometers away from the earth.

Also Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said last month that the country plans to launch three new domestically-produced satellites into space in the near future.

Vahidi said that Iranian scientists are set to send the Fajr (Dawn) , Navid (Harbinger) and Tolou (Rise) satellites into space in the near future.

Fajr will be sent into space by the "Safir-e-Fajr" satellite carrier, while Navid and Tolou will be mounted on the Simorgh ( Phoenix) carrier for lift-off.

Iran launched its first domestically-produced satellite Omid (Hope) in 2009 and sent small animals into space in 2010. In February, Iran unveiled the prototypes of four domestically- built satellites of Rassad (Observation), Fajr, Zafar (Victory) and Amir Kabir-1. It also displayed the engines of a Safir-B1 (Ambassador-B1) rocket.

Fajr satellite is said to be a reconnaissance satellite constructed by the country's defense ministry, and Zafar, which is scheduled to be launched in 2012, weighs 90 kilograms and will revolve around the globe in an elliptical orbit at 500 kilometers, the local media said without further details.

In June, Iran launched Rassad-1 (Observation-1) satellite into space with the Safir rocket and put it into orbit 260 kilometers above the earth.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in June that Iran had obtained the technology to develop different satellites and would launch larger satellites that could be placed in circular orbits at an altitude of nearly 35,000 kilometers.

Tehran says it has plans to send a man into space by 2020.

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Orbital crew spacecraft by definition gives you an ICBM that could hit anywhere on the planet with large or multiple medium size warheads. Even the commercial SpaceX Falcon 9 and Oebital Sciences Antares fall under arms control laws. Problem is Iran ignores such regs.

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LOL at all these old timers reliving the glory days of the coldwar. They just can't simply move on and do something new with their life instead picking on the little guys like Iran to make them feel better about themselves. George Carlin was right about their insecurity of the size of their manhood ;)

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LOL at all these old timers realists reliving the glory days of the coldwar......

Fixed that for you, and what I said about medium lift orbital rockets by definition being dual purpose is a matter of law and treaty. In the US we call it ITAR - International Traffic in Arms Regulations

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Fixed that for you, and what I said about medium lift orbital rockets by definition being dual purpose is a matter of law and treaty. In the US we call it ITAR - International Traffic in Arms Regulations

I guess then Iran is fully legal with that given that ITAR does not apply to Iran.

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Bush II started the Proliferation Security Initiative to address this issue in 2003 and got support from 90+ nations, but since 2009.....

but... but... obama was the savoir!
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i encourage that. i have no problem with Iran going to space, my the more the merrier policy holds. i personally think the Iranian administration and political system will reform over the next decade, to the point of more or less becoming like Turkey. at that point there's no problem with Iranians in space. let them join the international effort, they have a lot of science grads over there. at the same time, i wouldn't worry about them making leaps and bounds into space just yet. their brain drain is horrible, even worse than Russia's.

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Of course he tech can be used multiple ways. But I do feel it's not right to deny one group of people access to space while we have it just because we don't trust them. So China in space is fine but Iran isn't? Don't know which one is more dangerous...make that neither. The days of the lone crazed nation wreaking havoc are drawing to a close I think, and in the case of Iran there are signs of liberalization. Having a space program will further help that process.

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Of course he tech can be used multiple ways. But I do feel it's not right to deny one group of people access to space while we have it just because we don't trust them. So China in space is fine but Iran isn't? Don't know which one is more dangerous...make that neither. The days of the lone crazed nation wreaking havoc are drawing to a close I think, and in the case of Iran there are signs of liberalization. Having a space program will further help that process.

I agree but for different reasons. Nothing - repeat nothing Iran could do technology-wise now would impose any enduring threat on the rest of the planet. Once the US or anyone else got even the slightest whiff of them weaponizing exploratory rocket systems or using their satellites as such, they'd be wiped out just as fast as a fat kid in a dodgeball game.

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