In this handout video grab released by Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, the Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster with the Fregat upper stage carrying Earth remote sensing satellite Khayyam, created by Russian enterprises on the order of Iran, blasts off a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Along with the Iranian satellite, there are 16 small spacecraft aboard the rocket, created by leading Russian universities, commercial companies and non-profit organizations. They are designed for scientific and technological research, including for testing technologies for inter-satellite communications, measuring the level of electromagnetic radiation, and monitoring the environmental situation. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.
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- Package: Kazakhstan Russia Space
- Categories: Science & Technology
- Location: Baikonur, Kazakhstan
- Event date: 09.08.2022
- Date published: 09.08.2022
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Russian Space Agency Roscosmos / RSC "Energia»
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 1232x628px, 404.7Kb
- Job-ID: 9a34a7f1df9a357f