AP — Iran successfully launched a new small satellite into orbit early Friday, state media reported, the latest in the country's ambitious space program that has raised concerns in the West because of its possible military applications. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called in to the launch site, saying he was "hopeful this act will send a signal of more friendship among all human beings," the official IRNA news agency reported. IRNA said the domestically-made satellite, Navid, or Gospel, was designed to collect data on weather conditions and monitor for natural disasters >>>
Recently by mehrdadm | Comments | Date |
---|---|---|
Omid Djalili: The Baha'i Faith in Words and Images | 11 | Dec 05, 2012 |
Dimmed Lanterns | 1 | Dec 05, 2012 |
Iranian TV shows off 'captured US ScanEagle drone' | 5 | Dec 04, 2012 |
Person | About | Day |
---|---|---|
نسرین ستوده: زندانی روز | Dec 04 | |
Saeed Malekpour: Prisoner of the day | Lawyer says death sentence suspended | Dec 03 |
Majid Tavakoli: Prisoner of the day | Iterview with mother | Dec 02 |
احسان نراقی: جامعه شناس و نویسنده ۱۳۰۵-۱۳۹۱ | Dec 02 | |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Prisoner of the day | 46 days on hunger strike | Dec 01 |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Graffiti | In Barcelona | Nov 30 |
گوهر عشقی: مادر ستار بهشتی | Nov 30 | |
Abdollah Momeni: Prisoner of the day | Activist denied leave and family visits for 1.5 years | Nov 30 |
محمد کلالی: یکی از حمله کنندگان به سفارت ایران در برلین | Nov 29 | |
Habibollah Golparipour: Prisoner of the day | Kurdish Activist on Death Row | Nov 28 |
Launching satellites will
by vildemose on Sat Feb 04, 2012 06:19 PM PSTLaunching satellites will push US navy out of Persian Gulf and will end the sanctions???
Dear Demo: are you feeling well?
A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.--Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
Of the solutions.........
by Demo on Sat Feb 04, 2012 06:03 PM PSTIs anybody denying the extremely 'chaotic' leadership facing our births-land nowadays? The focal point is not about thinking backward or hatred toward this & that but of the 'prorities' @ these critical times.
If launching satellites are going to push US navy out of Persian Gulf & will end the sanctions let's send 10 of them per day to the orbit as long as the objectives of such missions are for the betterment of the earthy Iranians of the future generations.
This commentator, however learned??, has nothing but a 'heart' to deicate it to all the Iranians with a genuine love.
IranFirst,
by AMIR1973 on Sat Feb 04, 2012 05:45 PM PSTWell said. I agree with what you say. Keep up the good work here at IC. Regards.
AMIR1973, there are Patriots and there are Basijis
by IranFirst on Sat Feb 04, 2012 05:19 PM PSTDear AMIR1973 Thanks for your comments :-)
its great to be Patriot but I think we can be patriot and realist. Iranian engineers have built this (and other machines) while under restrictions (brought on by IRI). They could have done much better job without IRI around. Iran (with the same engineers) would have been at the level of S. Korea technically, if it wasn't for bad policies of IRI (bringing war and sanctions on Iranians, pushing away many of the best minds to migrate abroad, assigning undeserving (but Islamic) managers to critical posts,....
Basijis/IRI have very low standards of quality and acceptance for anything. To them a third hand copy of a 1950's Chineese plane is as good as a modern jet fighters and they will brag about it. Iranians could do so much more.
By the way some countries which have designed their own comercial stelites, do not launch them themselves. That is is by CHOICE and smart business. They can develope the capability and launch it themselves (not a big deal technically), but it is costly and they rather have other countries launch it for them, since unlike Terrorist IRI they are not in state of self-imposed war with the rest of the world.
In the mean time, with
by vildemose on Sat Feb 04, 2012 04:51 PM PSTIn the mean time, with the second largest oil reserves in the world, Iran' GDP is the size of Ohio...
Shameful mismangement.
A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.--Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
I'd really like to read.......
by پندارنیک on Sat Feb 04, 2012 02:49 PM PST.......a serious reply from our learned friend, Demo on the comment from darious.....................
Demo, I got a solution..
by darius on Sat Feb 04, 2012 02:24 PM PSTThings That Make You Go Hmmmmmm....
by Oon Yaroo on Sat Feb 04, 2012 01:53 PM PSTLaunching Satellite + Nuclear Stuff + Threatening Wiping off Israel from the face of the Earth+ Khamenei admitting supporting Hezbollah Attacking Israel = Recipe for being attacked by US/Israel....!
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF2ayWcJfxo
زنده باد و دمشون گرم
DemoSat Feb 04, 2012 01:36 PM PST
In the meantime, however: we still rank as #1 heroein user country in the world, the corruption is skyrocketting; the number of divorces have already reached the orbit; the giant US navy is orbitting the Persian Gulf; and the 'unstretchable' 3 billions dollars of the oil money evaporates in a flash!
And while we are being warmed up daily with so many other 'sticky' achievements like the above, the launhing of Navid ('Good News') perhaps is going to be considered as a launchon for so many of the hungry stomachs in our country! But sorry, as AN had said it before 'We do not have anybody hungry here!" So be it!
Long live rightousness & heat up with the truth a little bit!
It is like a beggar with a shiny tie
by divaneh on Sat Feb 04, 2012 01:29 PM PSTA country like Iran who needs the outside world for its basic needs such as food and petrol has no business launching satellites. It can't mine its own oil and gas without outside contractors and then boast about satellites. It is like a beggar with a shiny tie.
Akhoonds on the Moon
by kazem0574 on Sat Feb 04, 2012 02:03 PM PSTAs a kid I always used to think of Monarets as space rocket.
Now we can say its "One Giant leap for AN, one minuscule step for mankind"
Lunar Sharia law:
//iranma.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/mullahs_...
7 Nations Launching the Next Space Race.
by Ari Siletz on Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:40 PM PSTIran is included in this article .
The question here is not whether a nation has bought a satellite launched by another country's rockets (Venezuela etc.) The competitors in the space race are countries with launch capability developed domestically. The article actually mentions 8 countries, but North Korea's claim is unconfirmed.
Sling Shot Towards the Sky
by Faramarz on Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:27 PM PSTThe first two objects that IR sent towards the sky, Rasad and Omid lasted 3 weeks and 82 days respectively and they got pulled back by Earth's gravity because of the low orbits and perished. This one will have the same fate with the life expectancy of 3 months.
This is not a technological achievement by modern standards but rather is about attaching a box to a souped-up N. Korean missile and shoot it upwards and then watch it lose altitude over time and then eventually get zapped by the Earth's atmosphere.
If you look at its path over the Earth, you will see that there is no control over where it goes or what it does! So typical of IR and its supporters!
//www.n2yo.com/?s=38075
مرده باد و خواهر و مادرشون در جهنم
پندارنیکSat Feb 04, 2012 12:27 PM PST
:)))))))))))) Emamzaadeh Galaxy..................
Technology stays with the nation............no regime can pack it in its suitcase, or take it into its grave.......whatever the case may be...........
مرده باد و خواهر و مادرشون در جهنم
Fesenjoon2Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:24 PM PST
تا کور شود آنکه نتوان دید
//faryadesabz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/200821918451662-06459513.gif
شما که هنوز آداب و قوانین انسانی را نمی دانید خیلی هم غلط بیجا می کنید میرید فضا!
میرید فضا که چه کنید؟ که آنجا هم امامزاده بزنید و نامریدان امامت و ولایت را اعدام کنید؟
زنده باد و دمشون گرم
Nader VanakiSat Feb 04, 2012 12:08 PM PST
که با این تحریم ها اینکار عظیم را به ثمر رسوندند. تا کور شود هرآنکه نتواند دید.
IranFirst, you traitor. You should be like the "patriots" here
by AMIR1973 on Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:24 AM PSTWhy are you not doing back flips over this unbelievably awesome achievement! And what's with this business about "facts"? So what if a whole host of countries (including super duper technological giants like Mauritius and Vietnam) have already launched some satellites? Your list is a "traitor" list, a CIA-MI6-MEK-Mossad-Zionist-AIPAC-warmonger list.
BIG deal???!
by IranFirst on Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:14 AM PSTBesides the advanced industrial countries, here is a list of some countries which have had Sattelite many years before Terrorist IRI
Poland (1973), India (1975), Indonisia (1976), Czechoslovakis (1976), Bulgaria (1981), Brazil (1985), Mexico (1985), Israel (1988), Luxemburg (1988), Argentina (1990), Pakistan (1990), S. Korea (1992), Potugal (1993), Thailand (1993), Turkey (1994), Ukraine (1995), Chile (1995), Malaysia (1996), Phillipines (1996), Egypt (1998), Singapore (1998), Taiwan (1999), S. Africa (1999), Saudi Arabia (2000), UAE (2000), Morocco (2001), Algeria (2002), Greece (2003), Cyprus (2003), Nigeria (2003), Kzakhestan (2006), Belarus (2006), Columbia (2007), Mauritius (2007), Vietnam (2008), Venezuela (2008),..
and many more will have it shortly
Azerbaijan (2012), Bangladesh (2012),....
Terrorist IRI's propaganda machine pretends as if IRI is scientifically very advanced and it's all becauseof their system!. This is acceptacle to uneducated Basij, but other countries have achived much more during the past 33 years with out the barbarism of imposed Islam and dictatorship of IRI.
In a sort of related news...
by ghalam-doon on Sat Feb 04, 2012 05:42 AM PSTLego man in space!
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lum1DMTdccE
Call me a vatan-forosh etc. but can we really believe anything that comes out of this regime and its mouthpiece? Do they EVER tell the truth?
Inspired By Divine forces???
by Dr. Mohandes on Sat Feb 04, 2012 02:30 AM PSTGuys, i believe that the "appologists" and "reform -minded" fellows here are on the verge of experiencing an unfortunate heartattack:(( Would you please tone it down a bit?:)))
Disenchanted:
I am curious (i know i should not be , it could fatal consequences for our feline friends) but would you name some of those "developed" countries who have not even dared goingnear this sorta stuff??
You would not think, by any chance, god forbid, USA or CANADAor France and Germany could rank as one, by a long shot?
Roozbeh
by darius on Sat Feb 04, 2012 01:19 AM PSTMay be technology not so great or primitive or whatever you like to call it ( if you feel better) but you can track it in here
//www.n2yo.com/?s=38075
Look for the satellite name , then click to track
Khaaheshan "moghava" be faza naferesteed! :-)
by Disenchanted on Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:31 AM PSTLets hope some genius (Nokhbeh!) doesn't come up with the idea to send a "Cardboard" portrait to space! :-)
This is great news for Iran. Folks who belittle these achievements are ignoring the facts that many developed countries don't have such capabilities. The folks behind these progress are Iranians. Remember, no matter who runs the show at the time, these technologies remain as assets for IRAN!
Go Iran
by Sialashgar on Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:27 PM PSTIn your face Zade Iran.
Recap
by Abarmard on Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:10 PM PSTNEWS:"Iran successfully launched a new small satellite into orbit early Friday"
****Replies by patriots: ****
-"If they indeed launched a sattelite (which can be easily verified). I am sure the base technology of sattelite itself, with its transponders and associated electronics were aquired from China or russia.'
-"Pakistan has already launched one"
-"After this, if I could vote in Iran, I would vote that Iran launch a test flight to send the first Iranian Chimp into space next."
-"The KAHKESHAN background music which belonged to an American movie is indeed very appropriate, since it was only a movie! "
hoo hoo hoo parazit
Never believe any news coming from IRI TV. Music tells it all!
by Ferdowsi on Fri Feb 03, 2012 06:38 PM PSTThe KAHKESHAN background music which belonged to an American movie is indeed very appropriate, since it was only a movie! Why is it that anytime pressure on the regime increases, over night they reach some kind of milestone in satelite, weapon, or nuclear technology?
If they can build this, then why couldn't they have build a robot instead of a card board of dayius khomeini?
Trying to divert attention from their misery! Dead regime tries hard to stay alive!
Good Job
by jirandoust on Fri Feb 03, 2012 06:28 PM PSTGiven the chance, Iran can easily turn into a little America, I always say.
Good job Iranian scientists!
Congratulations! Welcome to 1957!
by bahmani on Fri Feb 03, 2012 06:21 PM PSTAfter this, if I could vote in Iran, I would vote that Iran launch a test flight to send the first Iranian Chimp into space next.
Any guesses on who the chimp would be?
To read more bahmani posts visit: //brucebahmani.blogspot.com/
Bravo
by Jeesh Daram on Fri Feb 03, 2012 05:44 PM PSTBravo Iranian scientists. Long live Iran.
Bangladesh to launch satellite, what's the big deal?
by IranFirst on Fri Feb 03, 2012 05:31 PM PST//www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details...
Pakistan has already launched one
good Job......
by Roozbeh_Gilani on Fri Feb 03, 2012 03:25 PM PSTIf they indeed launched a sattelite (which can be easily verified). I am sure the base technology of sattelite itself, with its transponders and associated electronics were aquired from China or russia. But to launch it, Iran needs to have Clean room facilitis plus Assembly/Test and integration know how, equipment.
The oscillioscope/signal generator in the control room was for show only of course, and indeed raises some doubts about Iran's claims. and yes, the guy cutting the cake should cut back on chelo kabab and do a bit of running :)
In the end of the day,I am pretty certain that it was not the sattelite which was being tested, but the Rocket
"Personal business must yield to collective interest."