IRAN - Feb 4 - Iran Unveils Space Center, Launches Rocket.(Explorer-1)

From: APS Diplomat Recorder | Date: February 9, 2008 | Copyright information

Iran launches a research rocket and unveiled its first major space center, the latest steps in a program many fear may be cover to more fully develop its military ballistic missiles. State television showed live images of the event from the space center, with President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad issuing the launch order in the latest step towards Iran's long declared goal of developing a space program. "The first Iranian rocket Explorer-1 was fired into space", state-run television reported Feb 4, without specifying the exact altitude. "With the launch, Iran has joined the world's top ...

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