Iran Launches Its First Satellite / PalestinianArchive wrote: طهران : أفاد باحثون بأن ايران أطلقت أول قمر صناعي لها محلي الصنع إلى مدار حول الأرض كاشفة عن احرازها تقدماً في تكنولوجيا الفضاء في الوقت الذي تتعرض فيه البلاد لضغوط دولية بسبب برنامجها النووي. وأشار الباحثون إلى أن القمر الصناعي أوميد "الأمل" الذي أطلق بينما تحتفل ايران هذا الشهر بالذكرى الثلاثين لثورتها الاسلامية عام 1979 هو لأغراض البحث والاتصالات، ويمكن للصواريخ البعيدة المدى العابرة للقارات التي تستخدم في وضع الأقمار الصناعية في مدارات حول الأرض أن تستخدم أيضاً لإطلاق الأسلحة وأن كانت ايران تقول أنها لا تنوي القيام بذلك. يذكر أن القمر الصناعي أوميد يحمل معدات لاختبار السيطرة على القمر الصناعي ومعدات للاتصالات ومعدات رقمية وانظمة امداد الطاقة، وكان ايران لديها بالفعل قمر صناعي في مدار حول الأرض هو سينا 1 لكنه اطلق عام 2005 بصاروخ روسي. وقال الرئيس الإيراني محمود أحمدي نجاد إن إطلاق الصاروخ جاء بهدف نشر "الإيمان والسلم والعدالة في العالم" بينما قال وزير خارجيته منوشهر متكي إن القمر الصناعي هو فقط للاغراض السلمية وان من حق كل الدول الاستفادة من هذه التكنولوجيا. Iran has launched its first domestically made satellite into orbit, state media reports. TV commentary said Monday's night-time launch from a Safir-2 rocket was "another achievement for Iranian scientists under sanctions". The satellite was designed for research and telecommunications purposes, the television report said. Iranian state television showed footage of a rocket blasting off and lighting up the night sky, Reuters.com reported. "Dear Iranian nation, your children have placed the first indigenous satellite into orbit," President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reportedly said on TV. "With God's help and the desire for justice and peace, the official presence of the Islamic Republic was registered in space," he said. Iran is subject to UN sanctions as some Western powers think it More..is trying to build a nuclear bomb, which it denies. Tehran says its nuclear ambitions are limited to the production of energy, and has emphasised its satellite project is entirely peaceful. The launch of the Omid (Hope) satellite had been expected and was clearly timed to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Iranian revolution, says the BBC's Jon Leyne in Tehran. Space centre Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the satellite was launched to spread "monotheism, peace and justice" in the world. But the launch could cause alarm in the West because of fears the technology could be used to make a long-range missile, possibly with a nuclear warhead, our correspondent says. IRAN SPACE AMBITIONS Aug 2008: Iran launches rocket 'capable of carrying satellite' Feb 2008: Iran launches research rocket as part of satellite launch preparations, Tehran says Feb 2007: Iran says it launches rocket capable of reaching space, which makes parachute-assisted descent to Earth Oct 2005: Russian rocket launches Iran's first satellite, Sina-1 Iran will no doubt reply that it is once again being judged by double standards for using a technology that is commonplace in many other parts of the world, he adds. Speaking after the launch, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki stressed the project was peaceful. "Iran's satellite technology is for purely peaceful purposes and to meet the needs of the country," Reuters agency quoted Mr Mottaki as saying on the fringes of an African Union summit in Ethiopia. Last August, Iran said it had successfully launched a rocket capable of carrying its first domestically built satellite, having in February launched a low-orbit research rocket as part of preparations for the satellite launch. That launch marked the inauguration of a new space centre, at an unidentified desert location, which included an underground control station and satellite launch pad. The White House called the 2008 launch "unfortunate", warning it would further isolate Iran from the global community. In February 2007, Iran said it had launched a rocket capable of reaching space - before it made a parachute-assisted descent to Earth. In October 2005, a Russian rocket launched Iran's first satellite, the Sina-1, which carried photographic and telecommunications equipment. / BBC cairo china england Gaza Gun indonesia islam maroc Algerie news Arab blog california cnn fox Germany Hamas iran jihad muslims allah Obama army Bush Canada Egypt France Gulf india Iraq malaysia Ahmadinejad New America