The Pars-1 research satellite, equipped with cameras, was placed into orbit from the Russian Vostochnyin spaceport to an altitude of 500 kilometers. Russia had already launched an Iranian satellite into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in 2022.
The satellite will scan the topography of Iran from its 500-kilometer orbit. The Islamic Republic has already launched several satellites into space to collect data on weather, natural disasters and agriculture. In the past, the country emphasized that it was not pursuing military goals.