Noor 2 (satellite)

'Light') callsign "NOUR 02" or "NOOR 02", is an Iranian military satellite, which was launched into orbit on 8 March 2022.

[2] Before, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force (IRGCASF) launched the Nour 1 satellite into space on 22 April 2020 with the three-stage launcher Qased.

[1] The Nour 2 satellite was lifted into space from the Shahroud spaceport by the three-stage launcher Qased, or "Messenger," which utilizes a combination of liquid and solid fuels.

[7] On 10 May 2022, Iranian Minister of Communication and Information Technology, Issa Zarepour posted on his Instagram several images displaying the flat views of lands of Marvdasht in Fars province and Khormoj in Bushehr province in Southern Iran and a low-resolution, true-color, overhead image of the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet Base in Bahrain taken by the Noor-2 satellite.

Iran rejected the claim by the US and described the purpose of launching satellites and missiles as civilian and defensive.