Khayyam is a satellite for remote sensing of the Earth. It is designed to obtain images with high accuracy up to one meter.
In Kazakhstan, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the Russian launch vehicle Soyuz-2.1b was successfully launched. This was announced by Roscosmos on Tuesday, August 9.
About nine minutes after the launch, the upper stage of Frega with the Iranian Khayyam satellite, made at the enterprises of Roscosmos, separated from the third stage of the rocket.
Khayyam is a satellite for remote sensing of the Earth and is designed to obtain images with high accuracy up to one meter.
16 Russian-made small satellites were also launched as payloads: CubeSX-HSE2, CYCLOPS, MIET-AIS, Polytech Universe 1, Polytech Universe 2, ReshUCube-1, Siren, Skoltech B1, Skoltech B2, UTMN, VIZARD-SS1 , Geoscan -Edelweiss, ISOI, KAI-1, Kuzbass-300, Monitor-1. These devices are developed by universities, commercial and non-commercial organizations.
Recall that last week The Washington Post newspaper reported, citing Western intelligence services, that Khayyam’s satellite should significantly expand Tehran’s ability to spy on military installations in the Middle East. However, before that, the publication reported, Moscow intends to use the spacecraft to monitor the Ukrainian armed forces.
In turn, Iran has assured that it will not allow Russia to use its Khayyam satellite.
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Source: korrespondent
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