http://news.yam.com/afp/international/200802/20080205872835.html
伊朗啟用首座太空中心 發射火箭進入太空
法新社╱吳長生 2008-02-05 01:05
（法新社德黑蘭四日電）伊朗今天發射一枚火箭進入太空，慶祝第一座太空中心啟用，它並讚揚這座基地的啟用是在對抗西方獨霸的鬥爭中，向前邁進一步。
官員說，這座太空中心位於伊朗北部的僻遠沙漠，將在今年五月或六月發射伊朗第一枚自製衛星「希望」。
伊朗總統艾馬丹加今天主持伊朗第一座太空中心的啟用儀式，他在下令發射火箭的時候說：「今天我們看到伊朗非常堅定、正確而自覺的展開邁向太空的第一步。」
國營媒體說，這座太空中心包括一個地下控制站和發射台，將用來發射「希望」衛星進入太空，隨後也將發射其他衛星。
報導中說：「希望衛星是這個回教國家的第一枚自製衛星，將發射在低軌道上。」報導中說，這枚衛星將於回曆明年發射。回曆明年將於三月二十日開始。
伊朗於二零零五年二月成功試射第一枚太空火箭。伊朗發射的火箭以流星三號飛彈為基礎，這種飛彈的射程在一千三百至一千六百公里之間。
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080204/ts_afp/iranspacedefence_080204080904
Iran launches first space centre
Mon Feb 4, 3:18 AM ET
TEHRAN (AFP) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Monday inaugurated Iran's first space centre from where the Islamic republic intends to launch research satellites into space for the first time, state media reported.
The space centre includes an underground control station and launch pad which will be used to fire an Iranian satellite named Omid (Hope) into space, the official news agency IRNA reported.
"We witness today that Iran has taken its first step in space very firmly, precisely and with awareness. We need to have an active and effective presence in space," Ahmadinejad said in a speech.
"Building and firing a satellite is a big and precious achievement."
Iran has been pursuing a nascent space programme in the last few years and in October 2005 an Iranian Russian-made satellite was put into orbit by a Russian rocket.
But Omid would be Iran's first home-built probe and the first to be launched in Iran.
To mark the inauguration of the space centre, a "research rocket" aimed at probing the appropriate orbit for the satellite was fired into space, state media said.
No pictures of the launch were shown, but state television showed images of a large rocket strongly resembling Iran's longer range missile Shahab-3 waiting to be fired on a mobile launcher.
The television did not disclose where the space station was situated but the ISNA news agency said it was in a desert area in the northern Semnan province. The pictures only showed a flat area surrounded by flags.
"The Omid satellite is the Islamic republic's first locally-made satellite which will be set at a low orbit," IRNA said adding that it would be launched in the next Iranian calendar year which begins on March 20.
The Russian-launched satellite Sina-1 was Iran's first -- and so far only -- probe to be launched into space, and was described by the Iranian press at the time as being for research and telecommunications.
Iran has said it plans to construct and launch several more satellites over the next three years.
The opening of the space centre comes amid mounting tensions with the United States over Tehran's nuclear programme, which the West fears could be used for weapons development.
OPEC's number two producer denies the charges, saying its atomic drive is solely aimed at supply energy for a growing population.
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