{"id":168517,"date":"2025-12-01T02:27:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T02:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/168517\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T02:27:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T02:27:17","slug":"launch-of-three-iranian-earth-observation-satellites-set-for-december-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/168517\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch of Three Iranian Earth-Observation Satellites Set for December 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>WANA (Nov 25) \u2013 Iran is set to begin a new phase of its space program on Sunday, December 28, with the launch of three Earth-observation <a href=\"https:\/\/wanaen.com\/khayyam-satellite-aids-iran-in-managing-hyrcanian-forest-fires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">satellites<\/a> designed to strengthen the country\u2019s capabilities in environmental monitoring, water management, agriculture, and natural-resource assessment.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to official statements, the \u201cKosar-1.5\u201d satellite\u2014one of the three payloads in this mission\u2014is scheduled to be placed into orbit on the same day. It is part of a broader satellite package that includes \u201cZafar-2,\u201d \u201cPaya,\u201d and \u201cKosar-1.5,\u201d aimed at providing imaging data and analytical services for environmental agencies and disaster-management organizations.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The launch will be conducted from Russia, using a Soyuz launch vehicle. Officials note that December 28 is the initial launch date, though, as with all space missions, adjustments to the schedule remain possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With this mission, Iran enters a new stage in its Earth-observation program\u2014one that could significantly enhance the country\u2019s capacity for smart land monitoring and resource manag ement.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24034 size-full\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5230829.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cropped-fav-icon-edit-150x150.png\"\/><br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; WANA (Nov 25) \u2013 Iran is set to begin a new phase of its space&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168518,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[61,11829,60,93452,11830,82,247],"class_list":["post-168517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-ie","tag-iran","tag-ireland","tag-launch-of-three-iranian-earth-observation-satellites","tag-satellites","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}