IRAN AIMS TO LAND MAN IN SPACE BY 2019

IRAN AIMS TO LAND MAN IN SPACE BY 2019

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August 13, 2022

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Iran would land its first manned shuttle into space by 2019. In February Iran test-fired its domestically made satellite carrying rocket Kavoshgar-3 (Explorer-3) and Ahmadinejad said Tehran hoped to send astronauts into space soon. “In response to the enemy’s resolutions, it was decided that the project be pushed forward by five years,” Ahmadinejad said, referring to Iran’s shuttle programme. Western countries suspect Iran is trying to build nuclear bombs and are concerned that the long-range ballistic technology used to put satellites into orbit can also be used to launch warheads. Tehran has said Kavoshgar-3 will transmit electronic data and live footage back to earth. In 2009, Iran launched a domestically made satellite and put it into orbit for the first time. It has said the Omid satellite was launched for peaceful telecommunications and research purposes.