[FPSPACE] Confusion: Did Iran launch a satellite into space?

[John Locker]

I  I did mention this on the launch day , but was corrected as being 
mistaken.

However here is the banner that was put across the IRINN broadcast following 
the launch

"The satellite itself is desgined to function in a low earth orbit system"

In the background was a graphic of a satellite orbiting earth .The graphic 
also showed the satellite's footprint.
I also recall , in a different sequence seeing an object similar to an " 
elongated " sputnik like device , although I dont think  thats on the 
recorded bit :O(

I still have a 20 minute seqience on disc .

If there is a satellite up there , how come we ain't seen it......  ????
It would be easy to spot , as it is going to be pretty fast moving!

John


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From: "Peter Pesavento" <pjp961 at svol.net>
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Subject: [FPSPACE] Confusion: Did Iran launch a satellite into space?


> http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Iran_says_its_space_probe_sending_d_02172008.ht
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>>From Agency France Presse:
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> It appears that they may have launched a satellite into orbit pick-a-back 
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> their sounding rocket.but is it real?
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> It seems that what the report is saying is that some form of test 
> satellite
> reached space.
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> But this isn't clear, not by any stretch.
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> Can anyone confirm?
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> Perhaps it did a suborbital hop?  The satellite?
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> If anyone knows, please help.
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> Iran says its space probe sending data to earth
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> Published: Sunday February 17, 2008
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> Iran on Sunday said a probe it sent into space on the back of rocket whose
> launch caused international concern was sending data back to earth from an
> altitude of up to 250 kilometres (155 miles).
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> Kavoshgar (Explorer) was launched earlier this month on what Iran touted 
> as
> its first rocket to be sent into space on a mission to prepare for the
> launch of its first home-produced Iranian satellite later this year.
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> "Kavoshgar has reached an altitude of 200 to 250 kilometres (125-155
> miles)," Mohsen Mir Shams, the deputy head of Iran's space organisation,
> told the government newspaper Iran.
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> "Since its launch Kavoshgar has been sending real-time data back to base
> which we are analysing to see if its systems are working perfectly or 
> not,"
> he added.
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> He said the satellite, which Iranian officials have predicted will be
> launched this summer, will be put into orbit at a "altitude of 650
> kilometres (400 miles) above the earth and can pass over Iran six times
> every 24 hours."
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> The Kavoshgar probe would be returning to earth, he added, without giving
> further details.
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> The United States condemned the rocket launch as unfortunate and said it
> risked further isolating Iran from the international community at a time 
> of
> growing tensions over Tehran's nuclear programme.
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> Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has also said Moscow "does not
> approve of Iran's permanent demonstration of its intentions to develop its
> rocket sector."
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> But President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lauded the launch as a national success
> and said Iran would launch two more rockets before the satellite is sent
> into space.
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> Iran has pursued a space programme for several years, and in October 2005 
> a
> Russian-made Iranian satellite named Sina-1 was put into orbit by a 
> Russian
> rocket.
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> In a separate development, Iran on Sunday said it had successfully tested 
> an
> "upgraded" version of its Russian-made surface-to-air S-200 missile 
> defence
> system.
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> "This missile system has been upgraded and optimised by Iranian
> specialists," the state-run IRNA agency said.
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