Iran tests satellite rocket launcher-TV

Iran launched a rocket today as a test for sending the Islamic Republic's first homemade research satellite into orbit by March next year, state television reported. State television reported the rocket had blasted off without showing pictures after...

Iran launched a rocket today as a test for sending the Islamic Republic's first homemade research satellite into orbit by March next year, state television reported.

State television reported the rocket had blasted off without showing pictures after earlier broadcasting footage of a rocket on a launch pad in desert terrain./p>

The ability to launch satellites into orbit could indicate an advance in Iran's missile technology that might alarm some Western powers wary of Tehran's nuclear ambitions.

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