Iran telecoms satellite Nahid-2 goes into space on Russian launcher, state media says
A Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster with a Fregat upper stage, carrying two Ionosfera-M satellites and 18 payloads, including Iran's Nahid-2 telecommunications satellite, blasts off from its launchpad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the far-eastern Amur region, Russia July 25, 2025. Roscosmos/Ivan Timoshenko/Handout via REUTERS
Iranian telecommunications satellite Nahid-2 was carried into space on Friday aboard a Russian Soyuz launcher, Iranian media reported.
The locally made satellite was successfully launched from a cosmodrome in Russia, the media said.
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Source: Reuters
