Iran failed to put a satellite into
orbit on Sunday as tensions continued to
run high with the US after Washington's
killing of top Iranian commander Qasem
Soleimani last month Iranian state
television said the satellite was
launched Sunday morning at a spaceport
some 230 kilometers south east of Tehran
but the rocket couldn't put the safar
satellite into orbit because it wasn't
going fast enough
Iran routinely unveils technological
treatments for its Armed Forces space
program and nuclear capabilities the US
and Europe have claimed such launches
are aimed at helping Iran develop ICBMs
that can carry nuclear weapons
