Pat Flannery wrote:

Derek Lyons wrote:

http://www.irandefence.net/showthrea...t=47276&page=2
It looks like the "satellite fairing" has a ablative heatshield at its
tip, like a warhead would have.

It has something colored differntly than the rest of the rocket, sure.

It could be a simple heatshield atop the fairing to protect it from
ascent heating, but what it actually resembles is the nose of a Corona
reconsat RV like were launched attached to a Agena upper stage.

So? The conical tops of anyone of a number of launch fairings
resemble conical RVs.

D.
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