Iran announced yesterday that it had conducted a successful test on a satellite-carrying missile, which it called "D-Wing".
A spokesman for the Space Industries Division in the Iranian Ministry of Defense said that the missile has a range of 500 km in space, and that it is capable of carrying a satellite with a weight of more than 200 kg.
"The test helped Iran achieve the most powerful missile engine, and the missile can be launched using a mobile launch pad," the spokesman added to state television.
And "Dhul-Najah" is the first satellite carrier missile in Iran to operate on a mixture of solid and liquid fuels.
The spokesman stated that the missile is still in the research stage.
The Iranian official explained that the carrier missile consists of "3 stages; two stages using solid fuel, and one stage for propulsion with liquid fuel."
IRAN launches satellite missile name zoljanah.
First footage has been released of Iran's solid fuel #Zoljanah
Lenght: 25.5 m
Mass: 52,000 kg
1st and 2nd stage diameter: 1.5 m
3rd stage diameter: 1.25 m
Thrust of solid-fuel engines: 74,000 KgF pic.twitter.com/DEWatFfSeb
- ivan (@ ivan8848) February 1, 2021
Launch place
Iranian state television showed footage showing the launch of the missile in a flat desert area, without specifying the place and time of the test, and the "Mehr" news agency indicated that the test was carried out from Semnan Governorate (the center of the country), which includes the Iranian Space Center.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards said in April 2020 that it had successfully placed the first Iranian military satellite in Earth orbit, after repeated failed launch attempts in previous months.
The United States is afraid Iran will use the technology of long-range ballistic missiles used to put satellites into orbit around the Earth, to launch nuclear warheads, which Tehran denies, stressing that the satellite programs are among its core rights, and are intended for civilian and research purposes, and in line with the decisions of the Council. International security.