Iran has delivered two domestically manufactured satellites to Russia for an upcoming launch, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Oct. 12. This marks the latest instance of space collaboration between the two nations, both of which are under U.S. sanctions.
Given that Iran has it’s own orbital launch capability these days, I wonder why they’re getting Russia to launch them?
Yeah, that does seem odd. Maybe Iran doesn’t have enough lift capacity for either the volume or size of the satellites?