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IRAN CONFIRMS PLANS TO SEND MONKEYS INTO SPACE
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 28, 2011
PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran plans to send a new home-made 285-kilogram
satellite carrier capable of carrying a biocapsule of live creatures,
like monkeys, into the orbit late July, Fars semi-official news
agency reported.
Head of Iran Space Agency (ISA) Hamid Fazeli said the country plans to
send a live monkey into space onboard the country's domestically-made
Kavoshgar 5 (Explorer 5) satellite carrier.
"Kavoshgar 5, with a weight of 285 kg, will blast off into space
with a living creature (a monkey) in the next Iranian calendar month
(that begins on July 23)," Fazeli said on Monday, June 27.
He further explained that Kavoshgar 5 has a structural built similar
to the Omid (Hope) satellite, Iran's first domestically-produced
satellite which launched into orbit in 2009.
The Omid data-processing satellite was designed to circle the Earth
15 times per day and to transmit data via two frequency bands and
eight antennas to an Iranian space station.
Fazeli also pointed out that five monkeys are currently undergoing
experiments to get ready for the launch. The monkeys are taking
exercises to "withstand physical and orbital pressure, acceleration,
sound [boom], vibrations and other elements during the lift-off."
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 28, 2011
PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran plans to send a new home-made 285-kilogram
satellite carrier capable of carrying a biocapsule of live creatures,
like monkeys, into the orbit late July, Fars semi-official news
agency reported.
Head of Iran Space Agency (ISA) Hamid Fazeli said the country plans to
send a live monkey into space onboard the country's domestically-made
Kavoshgar 5 (Explorer 5) satellite carrier.
"Kavoshgar 5, with a weight of 285 kg, will blast off into space
with a living creature (a monkey) in the next Iranian calendar month
(that begins on July 23)," Fazeli said on Monday, June 27.
He further explained that Kavoshgar 5 has a structural built similar
to the Omid (Hope) satellite, Iran's first domestically-produced
satellite which launched into orbit in 2009.
The Omid data-processing satellite was designed to circle the Earth
15 times per day and to transmit data via two frequency bands and
eight antennas to an Iranian space station.
Fazeli also pointed out that five monkeys are currently undergoing
experiments to get ready for the launch. The monkeys are taking
exercises to "withstand physical and orbital pressure, acceleration,
sound [boom], vibrations and other elements during the lift-off."