Iraq announces the successful launch of "Tigris," the first of its satellites and a Russian base confirms: he is the author Iraqi students

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Iraq announces the successful launch of "Tigris," the first of its satellites and a Russian base confirms: he is the author Iraqi students

Tue Jun 24 2014 fifty-eight past six p.m. | (Voice of Iraq) - long-Presse / Baghdad announced the Ministry of Science and Technology of Iraq, on Monday, the successful launch of the satellite, "Tigris," which he created Iraqi students studying in Italy, one of the rules of the Russian space, indicating It will soon take photos for publication through the media. said ministry spokesman, Adel Mahdi Saleh, in an interview to the (long-Presse), "The ministry has launched successfully, Thursday evening, the nineteenth of June 2014 this, the satellite first Iraqi Tigris, from the Aazina space in the Republic of the Russian Federation, by the rocket Dnepr. " Salih stressed that "the Tigris entered the path specified for Iraq after 24 hours of its launch, where is taking place at an altitude of 620 km above the surface of the earth", "noting that" the satellite Tigris enters path Iraq twice to four times a day and pick up from the signal each time for more than 12 minutes. " said the spokesman of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the "Moon Tigris will pick up the pictures soon and the ministry will then disseminated through the media," and continued that "the weight of the Tigris is Four kg. " The Ministry of Science and Technology, said in (the eighth of June 2014 present), the cost of launching the satellite Tigris amounting to 60 thousand euros, indicating that the operational lifetime of three years, and that the pilot made ​​Iraqi students have studied for 14 months at the University of Asphanza Italian, to do to capture vivid images and conduct scientific research, as well as the issues of desertification and internal communications for government institutions.

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[capt.cliff]

leaps and bounds everywhere---there is no doubt they are smart --no doubt that they have not mastered their political life but these are a growing national force on many levels

[calkid11]

Thank you

[sandfly]

THANKS