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Iran Fires Sub-Orbital Rocket


[Reuters] Iran has launched a sub-orbital rocket for scientific research, not a missile capable of reaching space as earlier reported, Ali Akbar Golrou, an official of Iran's aerospace research center, told the Iranian Fars News Agency on Sunday. The rocket would not stay in orbit but could rise to about 150 km (94 miles) into the atmosphere before falling to earth by parachute. Iranian advances in building missiles capable of reaching space are watched closely by the West because the same technology could be used to build intercontinental ballistic missiles.
2007-02-26 01:00:00
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