<mediadc-video-embed data-state="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"00000161-3486-d333-a9e9-76c6fbf30000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b93390000"},"cms.content.publishDate":1660049873776,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"00000172-ebac-d265-adff-fffc847c0001","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"cms.content.updateDate":1660049873776,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"00000172-ebac-d265-adff-fffc847c0001","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"rawHtml":"
var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ "div": "Brid_60049869", "obj": {"id":"27789","width":"16","height":"9","video":"1071440"} }); ","_id":"00000182-82ae-df44-adfa-a6ee7f780000","_type":"2f5a8339-a89a-3738-9cd2-3ddf0c8da574"}”>Video EmbedRussia launched a rocket into space on Tuesday reportedly carrying an Iranian satellite.
The Russian Soyuz rocket took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday carrying an Iranian remote sensing satellite, called “Khayyam,” according to Russia’s Roscosmos space agency. Iran claimed the satellite is for scientific research, such as radiation and environmental monitoring for agricultural purposes, according to Reuters.
NASA SATELLITE HEADS TO MOON FOLLOWING BREAK FROM EARTH’S ORBIT
https://twitter.com/KianSharifi/status/1556883452632465409?s=20&t=8fV1KKc11ND4zXxEzHfdyw
“No other country will have access to such information, and rumors about using satellite images for another country’s military purposes are false,” the Iranian Space Agency said in a statement released on Sunday, responding to rumors that Moscow could use the satellite to boost its intelligence capabilities in Ukraine.
The agency added that the satellite will be fully controlled by Iranian experts and technicians “from the first day” of its launch.
U.S. officials have expressed concern that the satellite could not only help Russia in Ukraine but also allow Iran to monitor military targets in Israel and the Middle East.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
The Russian space program’s cooperation with Iran comes on the heels of a July visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Tehran, his first trip outside former Soviet Union territory since Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine.
Putin recently removed Dmitry Rogozin as head of Roscosmos, replacing him with a former Kremlin defense adviser in a shake-up of the agency, according to Reuters. The agency has also warned recently about ending missions with NASA to the International Space Station in the near future.
