Russia launches sharp-eyed spy satellite for Iran

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Iran will soon have access to sharp orbital imagery, thanks to a newly launched spy satellite.
55% :Before Khayyam's launch, Iran had just two operational satellites in space, according to the United States Institute of Peace: Sina 1, which launched on an apparent imaging and communications mission in 2005, and Noor 2, an imaging satellite that lifted off this past March.
51% : In that story, The Post noted that Russian experts had already traveled to Iran to train ground crews in the satellite's operation.
51% : "Tehran has rejected claims the satellite could be used by Moscow to boost its intelligence capabilities in Ukraine, saying Iran will have full control and operation over it 'from day one'," a Reuters report stated (opens in new tab), quoting the Iranian state-run official IRNA news agency.
46% : But Iran apparently won't get access to its fancy new space hardware right away.

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