What is "fajr"

n. (context Islam English) the first of the five daily prayers recited by practicing Muslims.

Fajr, an Arabic word meaning "dawn", refers to the Muslim dawn prayer.

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Fajr (, meaning "dawn") is an Iranian satellite which was launched in February 2015. An imaging satellite, Fajr also carries an experimental locally made GPS system. The satellite will have a life span of 1.5 years and an imaging resolution of . It is the first Iranian satellite to use cold gas thrusters for attitude control and is equipped with solar panels for power generation.

Fajr was launched by a Safir-1B rocket from the Iranian Space Agency's launch site in Semnan Province. The launch took place at around 08:50 UTC on 2 February 2015, Iran's national day of space and the sixth anniversary of the country's first successful orbital launch. The satellite was deployed into a low Earth orbit.

On 26 February 2015 Fajr reentered earth's atmosphere after 23.8 days in orbit.