Screenshot taken from a video by the Russian space agency Roscosmos showing the launch of the Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying the Iranian satellite Khayyam, on Aug. 9, 2022, from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (Archive photo: AFP)
It is an unusual target. On March 8, the Israeli army said that it had struck the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) space and satellite headquarters. Israel justified the strike by noting that the site “served as a reception, transmission, and research center for the Iranian Space Agency, which is affiliated with the regime’s military.”Tel Aviv added that the site included the command-and-control center for the Khayyam satellite, which was used to “promote terrorist activities and monitor the State of Israel and the countries in the region.”What satellite are they referring to?The Russian-built imaging satellite, Khayyam, was launched into space in August 2022 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is controlled by Moscow. It is named in honor of the medieval Persian poet and mathematician Omar Khayyam. Read more Gulf...
It is an unusual target. On March 8, the Israeli army said that it had struck the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) space and satellite headquarters. Israel justified the strike by noting that the site “served as a reception, transmission, and research center for the Iranian Space Agency, which is affiliated with the regime’s military.”Tel Aviv added that the site included the command-and-control center for the Khayyam satellite, which was used to “promote terrorist activities and monitor the State of Israel and the countries in the region.”What satellite are they referring to?The Russian-built imaging satellite, Khayyam, was launched into space in August 2022 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is controlled by Moscow. It is named in honor of the medieval Persian poet and mathematician Omar Khayyam. Read...
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