DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran unveiled a new short-range rocket called Thunder on Sunday and released a satellite called Triumph which stopped working to reach orbit.
FILE IMAGE: People collect around a model of a satellite-carrier rocket displayed during a ceremony marking the 37 th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, in Tehran February 11,2016 REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/TIMA
The advancements took place at a time of high tension with the United States, which eliminated Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in a drone strike in Baghdad on Jan. 3, triggering an Iranian rocket attack on a U.S. base in Iraq.
Iranian Minister of Info and Communications Technology Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi stated the satellite launch had actually not gone as planned.
” I wished to make you pleased with great news however often life does not go the way we desire it to. The launch was not effective,” he tweeted.
A defense ministry official earlier told state television the “Zafar” (” Success”) satellite had actually released successfully however not reached