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Iran Reports Successful Imaging Satellite Launch

U.S. intelligence community’s 2022 threat assessment said that Iran obtaining launch vehicles for satellites "shortens the timeline," for the country to develop an ICBM.

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Sep 27, 2023
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TEHRAN - Iran has claimed that the country has launched an imaging satellite dubbed Noor-3 into orbit 450 kilometers (280 miles) above the Earth, according to Iran's state news agency IRNA, which reported that it used a homemade Ghassed launch vehicle. 

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