As nuclear talks in Vienna between Iran and the parties to the nuclear deal reach a critical stage, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that the country’s second military satellite, called Noor-2, will be launched. has been launched into space.
According to Iranian state television, the Nur-2 military reconnaissance satellite was launched by the IRGC using a Qassed rocket from the Shahrood desert, about 330 kilometers northeast of the capital Tehran. Nur-2 became Iran’s second military satellite in orbit.
first footage from #iran Showing the launch of Nur-2 atop the Kased SLV via TEL. Location here 36.2010478, 55.3337356 appears to be at a known location. pic.twitter.com/Mckj6z08tw
— Aurora Intel (@AuroraIntel) 8 March 2022
The IRGC said the Noor-2 satellite had landed on the satellite carrier Ghased in a low orbit 500 km (310 mi) above Earth’s surface, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported. He described Ghassed as a mixed-fuel, three-stage satellite carrier.
Iran launched its first military satellite named Noor-1 in space in April 2020. Noor means “light” in Persian.
The head of US Space Command later dismissed the satellite as “a webcam falling into space”, which would not provide critical intelligence to Iran, although it did successfully enter orbit after Tehran’s multiple crashes. Demonstrated ability.
The US and its Western allies allege that Iran’s ballistic missile activities violate United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution 2231 and that Iran “hides its intercontinental ballistic missile program that feeds the Middle East and Europe behind its satellite activities.” makes threats”.
Iran, on the other hand, argues that the missiles developed are conventional and comply with UNSC resolution 2231, which supports the nuclear deal.
