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Washington Post
5 days ago
- Science
- Washington Post
Russia launches an Iranian communications satellite into orbit
MOSCOW — A Russian rocket sent an Iranian communications satellite into orbit Friday, a launch that highlighted strong ties between the two countries. The Soyuz rocket lifted off as scheduled from Vostochny launchpad in far eastern Russia, the country's state-controlled Roscosmos corporation said. It carried two Russian Ionosphere-M Earth observation satellites, along with Iran's Nahid-2 satellite and 17 smaller Russian satellites, and put them into designated orbits.
Al Arabiya
7 days ago
- Science
- Al Arabiya
Iranian satellite to be launched on Russian rocket, Tasnim says
An Iranian satellite will be launched into space on Friday on a Russia Soyuz rocket from the Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia's Far East, semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday. Developing
