Iran puts into orbit a national satellite, all by itself!

[Flytox]

Some will find this pretext a little too good .... to go to a preventive war by saying that the Iranians are big villains thirsty for blood of Westerners ... and that it is training before the start of the end ... before sending big dirty missiles

[freddau]

So much for me,

it looks as big as the Diamond rocket ... but hey I'm still skeptical, not that the Iranians are stupid but the rocket is still as thin, and Diamant, the French rocket, which placed Asterix in Orbit, the satellite already, it is not very big and then for these functionalities, it is also a question mark because the solar panels must still be well hidden

[gegyx]

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoutnik

Sputnik was only beeping ...

58 cm only. and I remember seeing it pass in the night sky:
A bright point. which was turning nicely. It was a symbol for the race for the stars.