Russia launched 'Pars 1', an Iranian imaging satellite, into space, which has the capability of sending high-resolution images of surface locations from its orbit 500 km above Earth.

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Russia launched 'Pars 1', an Iranian imaging satellite, into space, which has the capability of sending high-resolution images of surface locations from its orbit 500 km above Earth. The rocket also carried a Russian weather satellite and 17 Russian small satellites. The Pars 1 carries a 15-meter camera, enabling it to send high-resolution images of surface locations from its orbit. The launch of Pars-I with the Russian Soyuz-2.1b launcher was broadcast live by state television in Iran. The satellite was launched “from Russia’s Vostochny launch base,” some 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles) east of Moscow. The 110-kilogram (242-pound) satellite has three cameras to take images for environmental, agricultural and other purposes.


     

     

     

 

     


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