Omid

{{short description|Iranian communications satellite}}

{{about|an Iranian satellite launched in 2009|persons named Omid|Omid (name)}}

{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = Omid

| image = Omid 0665.jpg

| image_caption =

| mission_type =

| operator = ISA

| website =

| COSPAR_ID = 2009-004A

| SATCAT = 33506

| mission_duration =

| spacecraft_bus =

| manufacturer =

| dry_mass =

| launch_mass = 26kg

| power =

| launch_date = {{start-date|2 February 2009}}

| launch_rocket = Safir-1

| launch_site = Semnan

| launch_contractor =

| deactivated = {{end-date|April 2009}}

| decay_date = 25 April 2009

| orbit_epoch = 2 February 2009, 13:34:00 UTC{{Cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2009-004A|title=NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Trajectory Details|website=nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov|access-date=2018-05-02}}

| orbit_reference = Geocentric

| orbit_regime = Low Earth

| orbit_eccentricity = 0

| orbit_periapsis = {{convert|258|km|mi}}

| orbit_apoapsis = {{convert|364.8|km|mi}}

| orbit_inclination = 55.5 degrees

| orbit_period = 90.7 minutes

| apsis = gee

}}

Omid ({{langx|fa|امید}}, meaning "Hope"){{cite web

|url=http://www.individual.com/story.php?story=77178693

|title=Iran launches first space research center

|publisher=individual.com

|date=February 4, 2008

|access-date=2008-02-04

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507070102/http://www.individual.com/story.php?story=77178693

|archive-date=May 7, 2008

|url-status=dead

}} was Iran's first domestically made satellite.{{cite news | title = Omid boosts Iran's Space Capabilities | url = http://www.asmmag.com/features/omid-boosts-irans-space-capability | publisher = ASM Magazine | date = 5 May 2009 | access-date = 2009-05-05 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100731034736/http://www.asmmag.com/features/omid-boosts-irans-space-capability | archive-date = 31 July 2010 }}{{cite news | title = Iran launches first home-made satellite: state TV | url = https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5120NN20090203 | work = Reuters | date = 3 February 2009 | access-date = 3 February 2009 | author = Fredrik Dahl and Edmund Blair }} Omid was a data-processing satellite for research and telecommunications; Iran's state television reported that it was successfully launched on 2 February 2009.{{cite web

|title = Iran puts Omid data-processing satellite into orbit

|publisher = IRNA

|url = http://www5.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=335409&IdLanguage=3

|date = 2009-02-03

|access-date = 2009-02-03

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090206161943/http://www5.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=335409&IdLanguage=3

|archive-date = 2009-02-06

}}{{Cite report|url=http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/pdf/pres/stsc2009/tech-15.pdf|title=OMID Satellite Launch Report|date=9 February 2009|publisher=Iranian Space Agency|access-date=2009-03-15}} After being launched by an Iranian-made carrier rocket, Safir 1, the satellite was placed into a low Earth orbit. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad supervised the launch, which coincided with the 30th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution; NASA verified the launch's success the following day.{{cite web |url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2009-004A|title=NASA NSSDC Master Catalog |publisher=NASA NSSDC |date=1 June 2009}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2009/feb/03/iran-satellite-launch|title=Video: Iran sends first homemade satellite into orbit|newspaper=The Guardian|date=February 3, 2009|via=www.theguardian.com}} Its Satellite Catalog Number or USSPACECOM object number is 33506.

Ahmadinejad said the satellite was launched to spread "monotheism, peace and justice" in the world.{{cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7866357.stm | title = Iran launches homegrown satellite |date=2009-02-03 |access-date=2009-02-04 | work=BBC News}} The Tehran Times reported that "Iran has said it wants to put its own satellites into orbit to monitor natural disasters in the earthquake-prone nation and improve its telecommunications."{{cite web | url = http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=188488 | title = Iran's Omid satellite launched into orbit|date=2009-02-04|access-date=2009-02-15}} Foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki said that Iran launched the satellite to "meet the needs of the country" and that it was "purely for peaceful purposes". Since there was very little encryption on the satellite, data could be collected and read by citizens.{{Cite web|url=http://www.r00t.cz/Sats/Omid|title=r00t.cz : Sats / Omid : browse|website=www.r00t.cz}}

Omid had the shape of a {{convert|40|cm|adj=on|sp=us}} cube with mass of {{convert|27|kg|sp=us}}. Sources in the Iranian Space Agency say the satellite's sole payload was a store and forward telecommunication capability.

The launch of Omid makes Iran the ninth country to develop an indigenous satellite launch capability.