I'm from Iran. This launch was only a rocket, without any satellites. They say that the Simorgh rocket can put payloads up to250 Kgs, in orbits of 500 Km and higher. In some of the News, orbits of up to 1000 Kms were mentioned. From: Marco Langbroek via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org> To: satelliet lijst (SeeSat) <SeeSat-L_at_satobs.org> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2017 2:05 AM Subject: Re: Iran launched satellite today Op 27-7-2017 om 15:35 schreef Marco Langbroek via Seesat-l: > > Various sources report Iran has launched a satellite near 10:30 UT today (Jul > 27) from Semnan using a Simorgh rocket: > > https://apnews.com/3f7ab7ad638649618e859e55aa0e7120/Report:-Iran-successfully-launches-satellite-carrying-rocket > > - Marco After reading some (Google translated) Iranian news items, it is unclear to me whether this was really a satellite launch or just a rocket test launch. The non-English news items do not seem to mention a satellite. - Marco ----- Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. e-mail: sattrackcam_at_langbroek.org Cospar 4353 (Leiden): 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL Cospar 4355 (Cronesteyn): 52.13878 N, 4.49937 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com Twitter: _at_Marco_Langbroek ----- _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Fri Jul 28 2017 - 11:43:18 UTC
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