Iran launches "Observation" satellite

The launch's importance lies beyond the satellite's size and orbit trajectory – it signals Iran's ability to launch the missile carrying it into space, which may indicate progress in its missile program.

"Navid" was launched in honor of the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran, as Iran attempts to assert its technological abilities as a way to show that the sanctions imposed on it by the West over its nuclear program, have little effect.

Iran's Press TV reported Friday that the Islamic Republic "plans to establish a national satellite launch base with the cooperation of the country's Defense Ministry."

Fazeli said that the domestically-produced satellite, will be used for scientific purposes and that its surveillance and imaging systems are more advanced that those mounted on previously launched Iranian satellites.

Shama-Shamar-Kaiya's analysis:
Iran launches it's latest communications platform to support missile guidance & targeting ...