Financial Tribune - A mid cries of Allah-o-Akbar, the Simorgh satellite launch vehicle blasted off from the Imam Khomeini Spaceport in central Iran, burning an afterimage into the spectators retinas. Gathered on a wind-blasted hilltop, several dozen people, including officials and a motley group of journalists, watched as Simorgh SLV roared ...

Business Insider | Ryan Pickrell: Iran's latest attempt to put a satellite in space in spite of US opposition ended in failure, an Iranian defense ministry official told state media, Reuters reported Sunday. "It was launched with success and ... we have reached most our aims ... but the 'Zafar' satellite did not reach orbit as planned," the official ...

AFP | Amir Havasi: Iran said it "successfully" launched a satellite Sunday but failed to put it into orbit, in a blow to its space programme that the US alleges is a cover for missile development. The attempted launch of the Zafar"Victory" in Persiancomes days before the 41st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution and crucial parliamentary elections ...

Mizan | Mohammad Agah: Iran on Sunday attempted to put remote sensing satellite Zafar into orbit. The launch of Simorgh satellite carrier rocket was successful, but the satellite did not reach the initial acceleration which is necessary to place itself in the orbit. ICT minister said another copy of Zafar would be sent into space in June.  ...

IRNA Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi in a message said details of launching Zafar Satellite will be announced soon. In his Twitter message, Azari Jahromi urged people not to pay attention to fake news. He said he will provide to the public the details of the failed launching program soon. He ...

Press TV - The spokesman for the Iranian Space Agency (ISA) says the country has successfully launched its domestically-made Zafar (Triumph) satellite using a Simorgh (Phoenix)satellite carrier, though the missile fell short of reaching the designated orbit. Fars News Agency, quoting the Public Relations Department of Iran's Defense Ministry on Sunday,...

IRNA Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi in a message said that Zafar Satellite will be launched within hours. He wrote in his Instagram page that count-down for launching has started. Earlier, he had appreciated the efforts made by Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami, saying Iranian ...

MNA The Iranian-made Zafar Satellite, which is scheduled for launch into space on Sunday evening, in a symbolic gesture, will transmit the image of the martyred Iranian commander, Lieutenant General Soleimani, at the start of its mission. The satellite has been stationed at Semnans Imam Khomeini Space Center and will be sent into orbit at an altitude ...

MNA The Iranian-made Zafar Satellite has been stationed at Imam Khomeini space center to be sent into space by Simorgh launcher in the coming days, said the spokesman for the Defense Ministry's Aerospace Organization. Ahmad Hosseini said Friday that some 200 main processes have been accomplished by 30 teams and all the infrastructures have been ...

Press TV - The Islamic Republic of Iran is due to send a highly advanced version of its satellites on discovery missions, the latest breakthrough in the field of aerospace by the countrys competent experts and specialists. The Zafar, a fully sophisticated satellite built at the Irans University of Science and Technology, was announced by the Iranian ...

MNA The managing director of Iran Aviation Industries Organization Manouchehr Manteghi announced on Tuesday that Zafar satellite design and construction would end by next year. Pointing to Iran's first place in the region to conquer space, Manteghi praised Iranian universities' scientific and academic activities, noting that the country ranked ...

Iran news headlines on Wednesday includeIran's Majlis speaker remarks over US seeking to sabotage Iran-P5+1 nuke talks;ban of Turkish goldon fears of link to Iran by Dubai; the Federal Cabinet approval of Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline; Iran launching Zafar satelliteinto space within the next eight months; asenior Iranian official speech on backing terrorist ...

The president of Irans University of Science and Technology says the Islamic Republic plans to send its domestically-produced satellite Zafar (Triumph) into space within the next eight months. Saeed Jabal-Ameli told reporters on Wednesday that the satellite would be launched into space by the summer of the Iranian year 1392 (September 2013). He said ...