In this handout photo released by Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, CEO of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) Yuri Boris, second left, is seen before the launch of 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, 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.
- 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, 1000x642px, 389Kb
- Job-ID: 1319a8d084747f34