Russia launches Iranian satellite into space from Kazakhstan base - RocketNews

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54% : The remote-sensing Khayyam satellite, which Iran has said it wants to use for non-military purposes, was successfully launched on Tuesday, according to footage aired live by Iranian state television.
48% : ISA said orders transmitted to the satellite and data received from it will be encrypted and controlled by a team of Iranian engineers and scientists in Iran, and "no other country has access to the information throughout this process".
47% : Tehran, Iran - A high-resolution Iranian-owned satellite has been launched into space from a base in Kazakhstan on board a Russian rocket, amid speculation about its uses.
45% : The agency also emphasised that images from Khayyam, which are expected to come with a resolution of one metre, will be used to bolster "management and planning capacities" in a variety of industries such as agriculture, natural resources, environment, water resources, mining, disaster management, in addition to border monitoring. [ ...

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