Omid
Sign in to saveOmid (, meaning "Hope") was Iran's first domestically made satellite. Omid was a data-processing satellite for research and telecommunications; Iran's state television reported that it was successfully launched on 2 February 2009. After being launched by an Iranian-made carrier rocket, Safir 1, the satellite was placed into a low Earth orbit. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad supervised the launch, which coincided with the 30th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution; NASA verified the launch's success the following day. Its Satellite Catalog Number or USSPACECOM object number is 33506.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- Omid
- Spaceflight.image
- Omid 0665.jpg
- Spaceflight.operator
- ISA
- Spaceflight.COSPAR_ID
- 2009-004A
- Spaceflight.SATCAT
- 33506
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- Safir-1
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Semnan
- Spaceflight.decay_date
- 25 April 2009
- Spaceflight.orbit_epoch
- 2 February 2009, 13:34:00 UTC
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth
- Spaceflight.orbit_eccentricity
- 0
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 55.5 degrees
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 90.7 minutes
- Spaceflight.apsis
- gee
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Specifications
- Previous Iranian satellites
- Test launch
- Orbit
- End of mission
- Further launches
- See also
- References
- External links
Omid (, meaning "Hope") was Iran's first domestically made satellite. Omid was a data-processing satellite for research and telecommunications; Iran's state television reported that it was successfully launched on 2 February 2009. After being launched by an Iranian-made carrier rocket, Safir 1, the satellite was placed into a low Earth orbit. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad supervised the launch, which coincided with the 30th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution; NASA verified the launch's success the following day. Its Satellite Catalog Number or USSPACECOM object number is 33506.
Ahmadinejad said the satellite was launched to spread "tawhid, peace and justice" in the world. The Tehran Times reported that "Iran has said it wants to put its own satellites into orbit to monitor natural disasters in the earthquake-prone nation and improve its telecommunications." Foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki said that Iran launched the satellite to "meet the needs of the country" and that it was "purely for peaceful purposes". Since there was very little encryption on the satellite, data could be collected and read by citizens.
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