iran launches satillite

iran launches satillite

Source Link: www.msnbc.msn.com

"TEHRAN, Iran - Iran said Sunday it successfully tested a rocket that went into space, apparently part of its drive to launch five satellites into orbit by 2010.

Iran’s Science and Technology and Defense ministries built the craft, state-run television quoted Mohsen Bahrami, the head of Iran’s Space Research Center, as saying.

Bahrami provided no other details beyond saying that Iran had successfully launched what he called a space rocket or space missile."

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Wrong title, Iran did not launch any satellite, they tested a rocket capable of launching satellites.

Some time ago Iran launched its first satellite using a Russian rocket, and at the time they said that they wanted to have the capability of doing it without the need of foreign help.

This is the next step in their intentions to have the capability of launching their own satellites.