Iran—Launch Fails To Put Satellite Into Orbit
Mehr News Agency | 01/15/2019
The Iranian government says an attempted satellite launch has failed, reports the semi-official Mehr News Agency.
The rocket carrying the 200-pound (90-kg) Payam satellite failed to reach the necessary speed to reach orbit, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi told state television on Tuesday, as cited by the Tehran Times.
The first two stages of the rocket performed as expected before problems were experienced with the third, Jahromi...