11 month agoIRGC chief commander Hossein Salami and Aerospace Forces chief Amir-Ali Hajizadeh in command control center following the launch of Noor satellite
[email protected]: Falcon 9 launches 60 Starlink satellites to orbit, completing this booster's fourth flight
The United States has assessed that Iran successfully launched a military satellite into orbit for the first time on Wednesday, according to two defense officials
18SPCS tracked 2 objects, NOUR 01 (Sat Catalog No. 45529), QASED Rocket Body (45530) from space launch originating in Iran. Both placed in public SATCAT w @SpaceTrackOrg for SpaceDomainAwareness, conjunction warnings to support space flight safety
11 month agoMission success for SpaceX. Another batch of Starlink satellites successfully deployed. The 60 satellites will begin orbit raising manoeuvres. With an existing 358 operational satellites already in orbit, today's launch brings the Starlink constellation to 418 satellites
11 month agoThe Seventh Starlink mission has launched from 39A onboard B1051.4. This launch makes Falcon 9 the most flown currently operational U.S. rocket with 84 flights.
[email protected]: Falcon 9's first stage has landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship
[email protected]: Starlink will deliver high speed broadband internet to locations where access has been unreliable, expensive, or completely unavailable
[email protected]: T-30 minutes until Falcon 9 launch of Starlink. Webcast will go live ~10 minutes before liftoff
11 month agoCelesTrak has TLEs for 2 objects from the launch out of Iran (2020-024)
US has issued a TLE for a new launch 2020-024A, object 45529 in a 426 x 444 km x 59.8 deg orbit. Ground track is consistent with a launch from Shahroud at 0400 UTC plus or minus 2 minutes
Deputy US Deputy Chief of Staff: Iran's launch of a military satellite is beyond acceptable limits and another example of Tehran's destabilizing behavior
Pompeo: We will hold Iran accountable for launching the missile, which is carrying a satellite
U.S. intelligence has not detected any new satellites orbiting Earth, indicating Iran's satellite launch likely a failure, officials say
[email protected]: New T-0 of 3:30 p.m. EDT, 19:30 UTC, for today's launch of Starlink
11 month agoReportedly this is the first-stage engine section from the Qased SLV that Iran launched today, which fell away after stage separation and landed in Sistan & Balochistan province
11 month agoIran's Multipurpose satellite that was launched into orbit on Wednesday is a great jump forward for the IRGC's intelligence capabilities: Commander
11 month agoSeems like the Iranians are very keen not to showing blur the launcher. Since the Qased apparently did not use the pad's gantry and flame trench, possible they used a mobile launcher
11 month agoFirst video of the Nour1 satellite launch earlier today that was announced by Iran's IRGC
11 month agoIRGC announced launching of the first military satellite
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[email protected]: With a more favorable weather forecast for launch and landing, targeting Wednesday, April 22 at 3:37 p.m. EDT for this week's Falcon 9 Starlink mission
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