Iran sends telecoms satellite Nahid-2 into orbit on board Russian Soyuz rocket

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Iran sends telecoms satellite Nahid-2 into orbit on board Russian Soyuz rocket  The Soyuz-2.1b rocket blasted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Siberia on Friday morning, carrying the Nahid-2 satellite and 18 other small payloads, according to Iranian state media.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/07/25/iran-sends-telecomms-satellite-nahid-2-into-orbit-on-board-russian-soyuz-rocket  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Iran on Friday successfully sent its communication satellite into space on a rocket launched from Russia.

00:08The Soyuz 2.1B rocket blasted off from Vostochnyi Cosmodrome,

00:13carrying Iran's Nahid-2 satellite and 18 other small payloads.

00:18According to Iranian media, the 110-kilogram Iranian communication satellite

00:23with a predicted lifespan of two years was locally manufactured.

00:27Friday's launch was announced before nuclear talks between Iran and Britain, France and Germany began in Istanbul.

00:37Tehran occasionally sent satellites into orbit and last December launched a pair of satellites

00:43using a domestically manufactured satellite carrier.

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