Payload (satellite)
KHAYYAM
OperationalLEOIRAN
KHAYYAM is a satellite launched 2022-08-09 by IRAN.
About
The Khayyam satellite 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. 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. It is named after Iranian polymath Omar Khayyam.
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Dotted: where it has been. Solid: the next orbit and a half. Orbit data from CelesTrak, map from NASA Blue Marble. All credits
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Facts
NORAD ID53370
International designator2022-096A
TypePayload (satellite)
StatusOperational
OwnerIRAN
Launch date2022-08-09
Launch siteBaikonur, Kazakhstan
Orbital period94.5 min
Inclination97.33°
Apogee493 km
Perigee491 km