2022 · Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Khayyam & rideshare
successSoyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Khayyam & rideshare
Khayyam, also known as Project 505, is a Russian built Earth observation satellite for Iran. The satellite is built by VNIIEM and NPK Barl on a currently unidentified satellite bus, with resolution reaching < 1 m. 16 Russian cubesats from various institutions/universities are also arranged for launch as secondary payload by Aerospace Capital.
Overview
- Date / time
- August 9, 2022 at 05:52 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- 31/6
- Mission
- Khayyam & rideshare
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit