00:00Iran on Friday successfully sent its communication satellite into space on a rocket launched from Russia.
00:08The Soyuz 2.1B rocket blasted off from Vostochnyi Cosmodrome,
00:13carrying Iran's Nahid-2 satellite and 18 other small payloads.
00:18According to Iranian media, the 110-kilogram Iranian communication satellite
00:23with a predicted lifespan of two years was locally manufactured.
00:27Friday's launch was announced before nuclear talks between Iran and Britain, France and Germany began in Istanbul.
00:37Tehran occasionally sent satellites into orbit and last December launched a pair of satellites
00:43using a domestically manufactured satellite carrier.
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