Khayyam satellite

Iranian satellite

Khayyam

Mission type| Earth observation satellite
Operator| Iran
COSPAR ID| 2022-096A
SATCAT no.| 53370[1]
Mission duration| 5 years (planned)
Spacecraft properties
Manufacturer| VNIIEM
Payload mass| 650 kg
Start of mission
Launch date| August 9, 2022 05:52:38 (2022-08-09UTC05:52:38) UTC[2]
Rocket| Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat[3]
Launch site| Baikonur Site 31/6
Orbital parameters
Reference system| Geocentric
Regime| Low Earth
Semi-major axis| 6869 km
Perigee altitude| 496.8 km
Apogee altitude| 500.6 km
Inclination| 97.4º
Period| 94.4 min

The Khayyam satellite (Persian: خیام) is an Iranian high-resolution imaging satellite that was successfully sent into low Earth orbit on 9 August 2022. It was launched from the Baikonur space base in Kazakhstan, on a Russian Soyuz rocket.[4][5] The satellite was designed by the Iranian Space Agency and built by Russian companies VNIIEM and NPK Barl in a contract that included technology transfer and providing technological assistance in future Khayyam satellite family designs by Iran.[6][7] It is named after Iranian polymath Omar Khayyam.[5]

## Specifications

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Khayyam is a 650 kilograms (1,430 lb) satellite situated in an orbit 500 kilometres (310 mi) above the Earth's surface. Its main purpose is to collect information and images from the Earth's surface with a resolution of 1 metre (3.3 feet).[5] It is designed to monitor and investigate the Earth's surface, both for government and civilian purposes.[5][8]

According to the Iranian Space Agency, the life of this satellite is expected to be five years, the first four months of which will be spent undergoing tests.[9]

## Implications

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According to the parties, the successful launch and placing of this satellite in orbit is an important milestone in the development of bilateral relations and paves the way for further expansion and strengthening of cooperation between the two countries in the space industry. It is said that this is the first of a series of 4.[5][10]

The launch came just three weeks after President Vladimir Putin and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed to cooperate against the West.[4]

The head of Iran's governmental space agency, Hassan Salarieh, stated that the contract to order the Khayyam satellite to the Russian company was related to before the start of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[11]

The Washington Post reported that U.S. officials are worried about the nascent space cooperation between Russia and Iran, particularly that the satellite would provide Iran with surveillance of the Middle East and potential military targets therein, as well as helping Russia in Ukraine.[8]

## See also

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* Omid
* Safir (rocket)
* Simorgh (rocket)

## References

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1. ^ "Technical details for satellite KHAYYAM". N2YO.com - Real Time Satellite Tracking and Predictions. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
2. ^ Zak, Anatoly (11 August 2022). "Soyuz launches Russian-built satellite for Iran". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
3. ^ Krebs, Gunter Dirk. "Khayyam 1, 2, 3, 4". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
4. ^ a b "Russia puts Iranian satellite into orbit". Reuters. 9 August 2022.
5. ^ a b c d e "Russia launches Iranian satellite into space from Kazakhstan base".
6. ^ زارع‌پور: قرارداد خرید ماهواره خیام را به قرارداد انتقال تکنولوژی تبدیل کردیم
7. ^ "رئیس سازمان فضایی ایران: ماهواره خیام را یک شرکت روسی ساخته است". 10 August 2022.
8. ^ a b "Russia successfully launches Iranian satellite". The Washington Post.
9. ^ "صفر تا صد ماهواره ایرانی خیام؛ چرا روسیه ماهواره را پرتاب کرد؟- اخبار فناوری اطلاعات | اینترنت | موبایل - اخبار اقتصادی تسنیم | Tasnim". خبرگزاری تسنیم | Tasnim (in Persian). Retrieved 27 September 2022.
10. ^ "Khayyam 1, 2, 3, 4". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
11. ^ "Iran scoffs at claims Russia-launched satellite for 'spying'".

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Iranian space program

Organizations|

* Iranian Space Agency
* Aerospace Research Institute
* Iranian Space Research Center
* Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force

Space centres|

* Semnan Space Center
* Qom Space Center
* Shahroud Space Center

Satellites|

| Reconnaissance/Spy|

* Sina-1
* Mesbah-1
* Mesbah-2
* Noor-1
* Noor-2
* Noor-3
* Khayyam

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Remote sensing|

* Fajr
* Zafar
* Rasad 1
* Navid
* Pars-2
* Masud-2
* AmirKabir
* Toloo

Communication|

* Omid
* Nahid-1†
* Soraya

Launch vehicles|

* Kavoshgar
* Safir
* Simorgh
* Qased
* Zuljanah
* Qaem 100
* Kavoshgar 1 (rocket)

Spacecraft and capsules|

* Pishgam

Astronomical observatories|

* Maragheh observatory
* Iranian National Observatory

Primary spaceports|

* Semnan
* Emamshahr
* Qom Flight Center
* Imam Khomeini Spaceport

People|

| Scientists|

* Mohammad Ali Forghani

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Orbital launches in 2022

2023 →

January|

* Starlink G4-5 (49 satellites)
* ION-SCV 004 (LabSat, STORK-1, STORK-2, SW1FT), Capella 7, Capella 8, ICEYE X14, ICEYE X16, USA-320, USA-321, USA-322, USA-323, DEWA SAT-1, Flock 4x × 44, Kepler × 4, Lemur-2 × 5, Nepal PQ-1
* Lemur-2 Krywe, STORK-3, TechEdSat-13, Unicorn-1, Unicorn-2 × 4
* Shiyan 13
* Starlink G4-6 (49 satellites)
* USA-324 / GSSAP-5, USA-325 / GSSAP-6
* CSG-2

February|

* USA-326
* Starlink G4-7 (49 satellites)
* Kosmos 2553 / Neitron №1
* OneWeb L13 (34 satellites)
* EOS-04 / RISAT-1A
* Progress MS-19
* Cygnus NG-17 (KITSUNE)
* Starlink G4-8 (46 satellites)
* Starlink G4-11 (50 satellites)
* Jilin-1 Gaofen-03D × 9, Jilin-1 Mofang-02A 01

March|

* GOES-18 / GOES-T
* Starlink G4-9 (47 satellites)
* Noor 2
* Starlink G4-10 (48 satellites)
* SpaceBEE × 16, SpaceBEE NZ × 4
* Yaogan 34-02
* Soyuz MS-21
* Starlink G4-12 (53 satellites)
* Meridian-M 10

April|

* ION-SCV 005 (KSF2 × 4), EnMAP, Lynk Tower 01, MP42 / Tiger-3, ÑuSat × 5, SpaceBEE × 12
* Gaofen 3-03
* Kosmos 2554 / Lotos-S1 №5
* Axiom Mission 1
* ChinaSat 6D
* USA-327 / NOSS-3 9A, NOSS-3 9B
* Starlink G4-14 (53 satellites)
* SpaceX Crew-4
* Kosmos 2555 / EO MKA №2
* Starlink G4-16 (53 satellites)
* Jilin-1 Gaofen-03D × 4, Jilin-1 Gaofen-04A

May|

* SpaceBEE × 16, SpaceBEE NZ × 8, Unicorn-2F
* Jilin-1 Kuanfu-01C, Jilin-1 Gaofen-03D × 7
* Starlink G4-17 (53 satellites)
* Tianzhou 4
* Jilin-1 Mofang-01A†
* Starlink G4-13 (53 satellites)
* Starlink G4-15 (53 satellites)
* Starlink G4-18 (53 satellites)
* Kosmos 2556 / Bars-M 3L
* Boe OFT-2
* ION-SCV 006 (SBUDNIC), SHERPA AC1, Vigoride-3, ICEYE × 5, ÑuSat × 4, Lemur-2 × 5, Platform 1, PTD-3

June|

* Progress MS-20
* Shenzhou 14
* TROPICS 02†, TROPICS 04†
* Starlink G4-19 (53 satellites)
* CMS-02 or GSAT-24
* Yaogan 35-02 (3 satellites)
* CAPSTONE

July|

* USA-337
* Kosmos 2557 / GLONASS-K 16L
* Starlink G4-21 (53 satellites)
* Starlink G3-1 (46 satellites)
* Tianlian II-03
* SpaceX CRS-25 (TUMnanoSAT)
* Starlink G4-22 (53 satellites)
* Starlink G3-2 (46 satellites)
* Wentian
* Starlink G4-25 (53 satellites)
* Yaogan 35-03 (3 satellites)

August|

* Kosmos 2558 / Nivelir №3
* USA-335 / RASR-4
* USA-336 / SBIRS GEO-6
* Chinese reusable experimental spacecraft
* Danuri
* EOS-02 / Microsat-2A†, AzaadiSAT†
* Starlink G4-26 (52 satellites)
* Jilin-1 Gaofen-03D × 10, Jilin-1 Hongwai-01A × 6
* Starlink G3-3 (46 satellites)
* Yaogan 35-04 (3 satellites)
* Starlink G4-27 (53 satellites)
* Starlink G4-23 (54 satellites)
* Starlink G3-4 (46 satellites)

September|

* Yaogan 33-02
* Starlink G4-20 (51 satellites)
* Yaogan 35-05 (3 satellites)
* Eutelsat Konnect VHTS
* Starlink G4-2 (34 satellites)
* ChinaSat 1E
* Starlink G4-34 (54 satellites)
* Soyuz MS-22
* KH-11 19/NROL-91
* Shiyan 14, Shiyan 15
* Starlink G4-35 (52 satellites)
* Yaogan 36-01 (3 satellites)
* Shiyan 16A, Shiyan 16B, Shiyan 17

October|

* TechEdSat-15
* SES-20, SES-21
* SpaceX Crew-5
* Starlink G4-29 (52 satellites)
* Galaxy 33, Galaxy 34
* GLONASS-K 17L
* RAISE-3†, KOSEN-2†, MAGNARO†, MITSUBA†, WASEDA-SAT-ZERO†
* Huanjing 2E
* Yaogan 36-02 (3 satellites)
* Hotbird 13F
* Starlink G4-36 (54 satellites)
* OneWeb L14 (36 satellites)
* Gonets-M × 3
* Progress MS-21
* Starlink G4-31 (53 satellites)
* Shiyan 20C
* Mengtian

November|

* LDPE-2, USA-339 / Shepherd Demonstration, USA-340, USA-341, USA-344 / USUVL
* Kosmos 2563 / EKS-6
* Hotbird 13G
* MATS
* ChinaSat 19
* Cygnus NG-18 (SpaceTuna1)
* NOAA-21, LOFTID
* Yunhai-3 01
* Tianzhou 5
* Galaxy 31, Galaxy 32
* Yaogan 34-03
* Jilin-1 Gaofen-03D × 5
* Artemis I (ArgoMoon, BioSentinel, CuSP, EQUULEUS, LunaH-Map, Lunar IceCube, LunIR, Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, OMOTENASHI, Team Miles)
* Eutelsat 10B
* EOS-06 / Oceansat-3, Astrocast × 4
* SpaceX CRS-26
* Yaogan 36-03 (3 satellites)
* Kosmos 2564 / GLONASS-M 761
* Shenzhou 15
* Kosmos 2565 / Lotos-S1 №6 (Kosmos 2566)
* Oceansat-3

December|

* Gaofen 5-01A
* OneWeb L15 (40 satellites)
* Jilin-1 Gaofen-03D × 7, Jilin-1 Pingtai-01A 01
* Hakuto-R Mission 1 (Rashid), Lunar Flashlight
* Shiyan 20A, Shiyan 20B
* Galaxy 35, Galaxy 36, MTG-I1
* Yaogan 36-04 (3 satellites)
* Shiyan 21
* SWOT
* O3b mPOWER 1, O3b mPOWER 2
* Starlink G4-37 (54 satellites)
* Pléiades Neo 5†, Pléiades Neo 6†
* Gaofen 11-04
* Starlink G5-1 (54 satellites)
* Shiyan 10-02
* EROS-C3

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