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Tehran: Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard on Wednesday said it launched a military satellite into orbit amid wider tensions with the US, a successful launch after months of failures.
There was no immediate independent confirmation of the launch of the satellite, which the Guard called "Noor", or light.
The Guard on its official [site] said the satellite successfully reached an orbit of 425 kilometers (264 miles) above the Earth's surface.
The two-stage satellite launch took off from Iran's Central Desert, the Guard said, without elaborating.
Can anyone confirm this? Has a new orbital element manifested in the heavens?
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 23 2020, @06:53AM (3 children)
All nations are equal, but some are not allowed to send up satellites? All nations have the same rights to self-defense, but some cannot have nukes? And who gets to determine which nations these are? USA is a fucking hypocrite. Until the US stops launching military satellites into space, and gives up all its nuclear weapons, it has absolutely no standing to criticize other nations that choose to do the same. America used to be a power in favor of international law, reciprocal treaties, and de-escalation. Now it is a bunch of mother-fucking Jesus Freaks, from Pence to Pompeo, and up the Yin-yang of the LOSER Donald Jackoff Trump. So sad. America used to be Great, until Reagan and the Republican partly lead it down the Yellow Brick road to destruction. Bastards.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 23 2020, @03:41PM (1 child)
Get real. International law was always Caucasian powers making up rules for the rest of the world to follow. Reciprocal treaties? The USA tribe-hopped across the continent, and then island hopped across the pacific making deals with sovereign tribes and then breaking them. Jesus Freaks in the USA? We're just trying to counter-balance the Ayatollahs, who seem way too eager to blow a little country called Israels off the map and most likely covering themselves with fallout in the process, but hay what's a little nuke dust when your followers routinely blow themselves up anyway? There was no golden age. Anywhere. People have always been dicks.
(Score: 2) by tizan on Thursday April 23 2020, @03:45PM
Uuh unless Chinese are causasian by your definition.. They can even blow satellites up in orbit
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday April 23 2020, @07:30PM
Sounds like you already know the answer. So why are you posting?