I doubt that this information will be relayed to national news, we prefer to pass Iran for an ugly rogue state than a country technologically as advanced as many European countries!
Iran launches first nationally produced satellite
REUTERS | 17.08.2008/16/41 | XNUMX:XNUMX
TEHERAN (Reuters) - Iran placed its first nation-made satellite in space on Sunday, the Tehran army said in a statement taken up by the official agency Irna.
"The Iranian Omid (Hope) satellite was launched on Sunday with a Safir (Ambassador) launch rocket," the army said.
Iran, which is suspected of wanting to acquire an atomic weapon, had raised additional concern in the West last February by testing the Safir launcher.
French version Marc Delteil
Takeoff in video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYGMXXD33H0