William Atkins
Thursday, 21 August 2008 21:01
Science -
Space
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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.”
However,
The New York Times article continued to state,
“An administration official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of security concerns, said that the best American information indicated that the Iranian effort had failed, and that the rocket or the dummy satellite or both had broken up.”
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.