Iran has delivered two domestically manufactured satellites to Russia for an upcoming launch, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Oct. 12. This marks the latest instance of space collaboration between the two nations, both of which are under U.S. sanctions.
  • CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social
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    23 days ago

    Given that Iran has it’s own orbital launch capability these days, I wonder why they’re getting Russia to launch them?

    • BombOmOm@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      23 days ago

      Yeah, that does seem odd. Maybe Iran doesn’t have enough lift capacity for either the volume or size of the satellites?