Leader Congratulates IRGC
General Salami says IRGC now enjoys space technology
General Salami says IRGC now enjoys space technology
TEHRAN - The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) successfully launched Iran's first military satellite into the orbit on Wednesday.
The IRGC fired the satellite — dubbed Nour (Light)-1 — aboard Qased (Carrier) satellite carrier during an operation in Dasht-e Kavir, Iran’s sprawling central desert, on Wednesday, the Corps’ Sepah News reported. The satellite was placed into the orbit 425 kilometers above the earth’s surface.
Nour-1 is Iran’s first multi-purpose satellite with applications in the defense industry among other areas. Qased is the country’s first three-stage satellite launcher to successfully pass all its tests.
The launch operation was carried out by the IRGC’s Aerospace Division from a launch station situated in the desert plain’s Shahroud region.
Speaking on the launch, IRGC Chief Commander Major General Hossein Salami said, "Today, we can observe the world from space,” congratulating Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and the Iranian people on the Islamic establishment’s achievement.
The launch, he said, served as an acknowledgment of the "empowerment approach” that has been advised by the Leader.
General Salami noted that the development showed that the Islamic Republic was capable of securing "remarkable” achievements that warranted international acclaim in any area the country would choose to explore.
"The satellite’s successful launch enhanced new aspects of the Islamic Republic’s defensive might. By God’s grace, the Corps turned into a space force today,” the commander said.
The announcement was made on the day when the elite military force is marking the anniversary of its establishment on April 22, 1979 upon an order by the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini.
Marking the occasion, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei expressed his gratitude towards the IRGC for its performance.
IRGC General Mohammad Shirazi, the head of the Leader’s Military Office, relayed the congratulatory message of the commander-in-chief of the Iranian Armed Forces to General Salami, the IRGC’s chief commander.
"Convey my regards to the IRGC personnel and their respectable families on the occasion of its founding anniversary,” the message noted. "I extend gratitude to them for their good performance and efforts. My prayers are with them.”
Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh announced that Iran has joined the superpowers which are capable of using combined fuel in satellite carriers after launching its first military satellite.
"The satellite carrier is different from the previous ones as its propulsion system is a combination of liquid and solid fuel. The propulsion system has the same non-metal and composite body which was unveiled a while ago,” Hajizadeh said on Wednesday.
"Naturally, only the superpowers enjoy this capability and others are only consumers of this technology,” he added.
General Hajizadeh underlined that "access to the space is not a choice but an inevitable necessity and we should find our place in the space”.
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani also congratulated the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on the successful sending into the orbit of first Iranian military satellite.
Writing on his Twitter account, Shamkhani said that IRGC once again became, "the messenger of light,” referring to the anniversary of IRGC formation, adding, "It was another victory in the record of IRGC achievements.”
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