Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps "First Military Satellite Launch Success"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunwoo Lee] The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it has successfully launched a military satellite. If this announcement is true, it is expected to become Iran's first military satellite, prompting heightened vigilance from Western countries.

According to foreign media, the IRGC stated on the 22nd (local time) that it successfully launched its first military satellite. The IRGC announced that the satellite is named "Nur," meaning "light," and was launched from the Markazi Desert in Semnan Province, north-central Iran, reaching an orbit at an altitude of 425 km. If the launch was successful as claimed by the IRGC, Nur will be Iran's first military satellite.

The IRGC explained that it used a two-stage launch vehicle called "Ghaased." Ghaased is the name of a missile with a range of 100 km that the Iranian military unveiled last year. At that time, the Iranian military stated that this missile could be mounted on an F-4 fighter jet.

Iran launched domestically developed launch vehicles and research and observation satellites in August last year and February this year but repeatedly failed to reach orbit. Iran has previously launched domestically developed satellites such as Omid (2009), Rasad (2011), and Navid (2012), successfully placing them into orbit. Western countries remain cautious of Iran's satellite launches, suspecting they are efforts to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles.

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