Iran launches satellite

http://www.itv.com/News/Articles/Ira...409633012.html

Pat

Pat Flannery wrote in
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http://www.itv.com/News/Articles/Ira...llite-40963301
2.html

Dang. They beat SpaceX to orbit. Maybe. This news is still a bit
fuzzy, but it's likely accurate this time.

I'm amused at seeing elsewhere an Atlas V launch emblazoned on the
Iranian flag, complete with lightning arrestor towers.

--Damon

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Pat

I don't trust them; it doesn't mention anything about orbit, or mass of the
satellite.

Was it launched into orbit, or just on a sub-orbital trajectory? Has there
been any independent confirmation (Space Command)?

Damon Hill wrote:
http://www.itv.com/News/Articles/Ira...llite-40963301
2.html


Dang. They beat SpaceX to orbit. Maybe. This news is still a bit
fuzzy, but it's likely accurate this time.


It's not much to see, but here's video of the launch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-GftxUJv7c

Pat

Alan Erskine wrote:
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http://www.itv.com/News/Articles/Ira...409633012.html

Pat


I don't trust them; it doesn't mention anything about orbit, or mass of the
satellite.


Pentagon doesn't think it reached orbit:
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/me...s.iran.rocket/

Pat
Was it launched into orbit, or just on a sub-orbital trajectory? Has there
been any independent confirmation (Space Command)?

"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
...


Damon Hill wrote:
http://www.itv.com/News/Articles/Ira...llite-40963301
2.html

Dang. They beat SpaceX to orbit. Maybe. This news is still a bit
fuzzy, but it's likely accurate this time.


It's not much to see, but here's video of the launch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-GftxUJv7c

Pat

LOL they should call it YASV (Yet Another Scud Variant).


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Pentagon doesn't think it reached orbit:
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/me...s.iran.rocket/

(throws calculator into the night sky).

NEWS FLASH!!!

AUSTRALIA HAS JUST LAUNCHED ITS FIRST SATELLITE BY INDEPENDENT MEANS!

On Aug 18, 11:56 pm, Pat Flannery wrote:
Alan Erskine wrote:
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http://www.itv.com/News/Articles/Ira...tellite-409633...

Pat

I don't trust them; it doesn't mention anything about orbit, or mass of the
satellite.

Pentagon doesn't think it reached orbit:http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/me...s.iran.rocket/

Pat

Was it launched into orbit, or just on a sub-orbital trajectory? Has there
been any independent confirmation (Space Command)?

Then where did it land, or doesn't it matter as long as it didn't land
on us?

~ Brad Guth Brad_Guth Brad.Guth BradGuth

Dale Harris wrote:
It's not much to see, but here's video of the launch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-GftxUJv7c

Pat


LOL they should call it YASV (Yet Another Scud Variant).




Yeah, they are somewhat married to the technology.

Pat

Alan Erskine wrote:
"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
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Pentagon doesn't think it reached orbit:
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/me...s.iran.rocket/

(throws calculator into the night sky).

NEWS FLASH!!!

AUSTRALIA HAS JUST LAUNCHED ITS FIRST SATELLITE BY INDEPENDENT MEANS!

Sure, but don't forget the satellite was made by HP in Cupertino!
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."