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State Television Says Iran Launches New Satellite Into Space

Posted by samzenpus on from the putting-it-out-there dept.

An anonymous reader writes State television in Iran is reporting the Islamic Republic has launched a new satellite into space, its fourth in recent years to orbit the Earth. The report Monday quoted Defense Minister Gen. Hossein Dehghan saying the satellite, designed and built in Iran, is named "Fajr," or dawn in Farsi. The report did not elaborate.

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  1. I love the snark here by NotDrWho · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wonder if the Sputnik launch was accompanied by snarky headline "Soviet News Agency Claims to Have Launched Satellite (that's what they CLAIM, wink, wink)"

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  2. Re:No elaboration? Is it a cubesat? by halivar · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's an X10 camera on a USB stick for some advanced Iranian space photography.