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Iran Says It Launched Simulated Satellite

Monday, August 18th, 2008

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Tehran Offers To Launch Satellites For Other Muslim Countries: Report Iran said it launched a rocket capable of carrying satellites into orbit, and also offered to launch satellites for other Muslim nations, according to the International Herald Tribune in Paris. The ability to launch satellites into orbit is similar to the technology for intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Many U.S. military observers have said it likely would be five years, until 2013, before Iran developed missiles able to strike target cities…

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