Iran's IRGC launches its fifth satellite into space
Iran's Chamran-1 satellite was reportedly put into orbit with a rocket that uses solid-state fuel in its third stage just a week after the IRGC sent short-range ballistic missiles to Russia for use in Ukraine.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched another satellite into space on Saturday utilizing a solid-state fuel rocket technology that Western officials have watched with concern over its potential use for long-range ballistic missiles.
The Chamran-1 satellite is the second claimed to have been put into orbit by the IRGC's Aerospace Force this year, though there has been no independent confirmation yet of its successful launch.
Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency claimed on Sunday that the Qased and Qaem-model rockets, which Iranian officials say have placed five satellites into space so far over the past five years, are using a solid-state fuel combustion engine in the third stage of the launch process.
The engine, known as the Vahab, is said to be indigenously designed.
