TAG | Iran announces manned space program within ten years |
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| by William Atkins | |
| Friday, 22 August 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 2 According to The New York Times article “Iran Reports Test of Craft Able to Carry a Satellite,” “Western experts said the launching represented a potentially significant if much-delayed step in Iran’s efforts to join the international space club.” It added, “Charles P. Vick, an expert on Iranian rockets at GlobalSecurity.org, a research group in Alexandria, Va., called the weekend test flight ‘a precursor to the satellite launch.’ He said the satellite’s launching had been repeatedly delayed and might occur in the next few weeks or months.” The website of the Iranian National Space Agency (ISA) is http://www.isa.ir/index.php.
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