The Soyuz rocket took off from the Vostochny launch site in far Eastern Russia and carried dozens of small Russian satellites and two from Iran. The Kowsar and Hodhood satellites were delivered to their designated orbit nine minutes after launch.
"In continuation of the development of Iran-Russia scientific and technological cooperation, two Iranian satellites, Kowsar and Hodhod, will be launched to a 500 km orbit of earth on Tuesday, Nov. 5., by a Soyuz launch vehicle," Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali wrote last week before the launch.