DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) The United States has quietly acknowledged that Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard successfully put an imaging satellite into orbit this week in a launch that resembled others previously criticized by Washington as helping Tehran’s ballistic missile program. The U.S. military has not responded to repeated requests for comment from The […]
The United States has quietly acknowledged that Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard successfully put an imaging satellite into orbit this week in a launch that resembled others previously criticized by Washington as helping Tehran's ballistic missile program. The U.S. military has not responded to repeated requests for comment from The Associated Press since Iran announced the launch of the Noor-3 satellite on Wednesday, the latest successful launch by the Revolutionary Guard after Iran's civilian space program faced a series of failed launches in recent years. Early Friday, however, data published by the website space-track.org listed a launch Wednesday by Iran that put the Noor-3 satellite into orbit.
Confirming Tehran's claims, data from US Space Force says Noor satellite was carried by a three-stage Qased rocket and is stationed 450 kilometers above the Earth's surface
The United States has quietly acknowledged that Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard successfully put an imaging satellite into orbit this week in a launch that resembled others previously criticized by Washington as helping Tehran's ballistic missile program.
The U.S. on Friday reportedly acknowledged a satellite launch by Iran amid tensions between the two countries. Iran had claimed Wednesday that its Revolutionary Guard successfully launched the Noor-3 satellite. The imaging satellite’s launch was similar to others the U.S. has said is helping the country’s ballistic missile program. On Friday, data from the website…