The Soyuz-2.1b rocket roared into the sky at the Vostochny cosmodrome, located approximately 200 kilometers from the city of Blagoveshchensk in Russia's far eastern Amur region. The rocket successfully deployed an Iranian satellite along with 18 Russian satellites into orbit on February 29, 2024. — AP File
Russia is set to launch two Iranian satellites into space using a Soyuz launcher on Tuesday, according to Iran's ambassador to Moscow. This move signifies a deepening of scientific collaboration between the two countries, both of which are under US sanctions. "In line with the ongoing development of Iran-Russia scientific and technological cooperation, two Iranian satellites, Kowsar and Hodhod, will be launched to a 500km orbit around the Earth on Tuesday, November 5, using a Soyuz launch vehicle," Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali stated in a post on X.
The development of Kowsar, a high-resolution imaging satellite, and Hodhod, a small communications satellite, marks a significant step for Iran's private space sector, according to a report by Iran's semi-official news agency Tasnim last month. Earlier this year, Russia launched an Iranian research-sensing satellite, Pars 1, into space from the Vostochny Cosmodrome using a Soyuz rocket.
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