Russian rocket 'Soyuz' successfully launched Iranian satellite 'Khayyam'
Recently Russian rocket Soyuz has successfully launched an Iranian satellite 'Khayyam' into orbit. The Soyuz rocket was carried from the Baikonur launch facility, leased by Russia, in Kazakhstan. About nine minutes after launch, it put an Iranian satellite named Khayyam into orbit.
It is named after the Persian scientist Omar Khayyam, who lived in the 11th and 12th century. The satellite equipped with its high- resolution camera will be used for environmental monitoring and will be completely under its control.
No other country will have access to the information it collects and will only be used for civilian purposes, but there are allegations that Russia could use it to monitor Ukraine and take military action there. If it operates successfully, the satellite would give Iran the ability to monitor its arch enemy Israel and other countries in the Middle East.