Tehran, Iran – Tehran is preparing to launch three Iranian satellites into space from a base in Russia next January.
Noor News Agency reported on Thursday, December 11, that the satellites are named “Kowsar,” “Zafar-2,” and “Baya.” They are used for “imaging and transmitting measurement data.”
Launch details and the importance of data
According to the report, the three satellites will be launched next January from the Russian Vostochny Cosmodrome, and will be carried by the Soyuz launch platform.
According to Nournews, the data transmitted by these satellites can be used in a wide range of civilian and strategic fields. These include forestry and mining monitoring, natural resource exploration, and the study of drought, floods, and fires. It is also relevant to agriculture, air pollution, and climate change.
Regional tensions and the security dimension
This launch comes at a time of escalating regional tensions and growing speculation about a renewed confrontation between the Iranian and Israeli governments. Therefore, this project takes on dimensions that extend far beyond its purely scientific nature.
In a related development, the CEO of Omid Space announced on October 4 that contact had been lost with the Iranian satellites Kowsar and Hodhod. This occurred two weeks before the latest war with Israel, following an “unwelcome command from outside the control complex.”
Iranian media also confirmed that the satellites scheduled for launch in January were developed by the “private sector.” They indicated that it was a consortium of knowledge-based companies that had previously launched the Kowsar and Hodhod satellites.
