Tag: Fajr

  • Iranian satellite successfully placed in orbit

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    Iran’s Safir rocket lifts off Monday with the country’s fourth satellite. Credit: Iranian Defense Ministry Iranian engineers are in contact with an experimental satellite after it blasted off Monday aboard a two-stage Safir booster, marking Iran’s first successful orbital launch in three years, state media reported. The Fajr satellite was placed in orbit about eight…