[FPSPACE] N1 and TELLMAN

[Terry Wilson]

>
> I believe that although the payload was dead or inert, on 5 December 1989,
> Iraq's Al Abid did launch and put something into orbit, most likely a 100 Kg
> item that didn't stay there long.  NORAD tracked it!  NORAD was not daft,
> but it was politically overridden!  During the Gulf War, the Al Anvar launch
> facilities were destroyed as one of the first on the list operations in
> January 1991.


!!!???!!! Iraq launched a satellite???