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Iran Says It Is Preparing for Satellite Launch

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday January 21 2020, @01:36PM   Printer-friendly
from the what-flight-trajectory? dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Iran said Sunday that two newly constructed satellites have passed pre-launch tests and will be transported to the nation's space center for eventual launch, without elaborating.

Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi tweeted about the development, calling it an "important research step."

Iran has not said when it will launch the satellites, but often coordinates its launches with national holidays. It will celebrate the 41st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution next month.

Iran's largely state-run media say the 90-kilogram (200-pound) Zafar satellites each have four high-resolution color cameras and will monitor and transmit data on natural resources as well as agricultural and environmental developments.

[...] Iran has sent several satellites into orbit over the past decade, and in 2013 it launched a monkey into space.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by khallow on Tuesday January 21 2020, @05:23PM (5 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 21 2020, @05:23PM (#946416) Journal

    They're longtime supporters of the bin Laden family

    What is that doing in the list of grievances? bin Ladens are just another rich family which happens to maintain a low profile like say the present day Rockefellers in the US.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Thexalon on Tuesday January 21 2020, @05:51PM (4 children)

    by Thexalon (636) on Tuesday January 21 2020, @05:51PM (#946441)

    Osama bin Laden wouldn't have been able to found Al Qaida without his family's money. And Osama bin Laden was at the very least in contact with his family after the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Was the entire bin Laden family necessarily accomplices? No. Were they all innocent bystanders? Also no.

    At the very least, someone should have sat down with them and asked them about what they knew about Osama on Sept 12, 2003. Nobody did.

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    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday January 21 2020, @05:56PM (3 children)

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 21 2020, @05:56PM (#946444) Journal

      Osama bin Laden wouldn't have been able to found Al Qaida without his family's money.

      So what? Al Qaeda didn't start as a terrorist organization.

      And Osama bin Laden was at the very least in contact with his family after the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

      "Contact" means what?

      Were they all innocent bystanders? Also no.

      You have no evidence for that assertion.

      At the very least, someone should have sat down with them and asked them about what they knew about Osama on Sept 12, 2003. Nobody did.

      What makes you think that didn't happen?