Iran Says It’s Unstoppable After Satellite Launch Fails
February 10, 2020
3:47 am
Iran said it “successfully” launched a satellite Sunday but failed to put it into orbit, in a blow to its space programme. But Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said the country was unstoppable.
” We have more Upcoming Great Iranian Satellites”, Jahromi said.
The attempted launch of the Zafar — “Victory” in Farsi — comes days before the 41st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution and crucial parliamentary elections in Iran.
On Sunday, it launched the Zafar satellite at 7:15 pm (1545 GMT) but it fell short of reaching orbit, the defence ministry said.
A ministry spokesman said initially that …
