Photos .. Missile explosion at a satellite launch site in Iran

Satellite imagery confirmed a rocket explosion and a fire at a rocket launch site in northern Iran.

The photos, published by Planet Labs and Maxar Technologies, show a column of smoke rising from a partially damaged launch site at Imam Khomeini Space Center, in the northern province of Semnan, in what appears to be charred debris from a rocket.

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The Iranian government did not comment directly on the incident, but the Minister of Communications and Information Technologies, Mohammad Javad Azeri Jahrami, denied on his Twitter account that he had caused damage to the satellite " Nahid-1 ", which Iran was planning to launch, pointing out that the satellite is currently at Journalists can verify this in person.

Iran's Defense Minister, Amir Hatami, commented on reports of the incident, which followed two unsuccessful attempts to send a satellite to Earth's orbit in January and February, said the Islamic Republic was conducting its satellite activities in a transparent manner.

In July, Minister Jahrami told the media that Iran plans to launch three launches by the end of the year, including two related to the satellite program.

Tehran has announced that Nahid-1 will be installed in orbit 250 km from the Earth's surface, valid for two and a half months, and will test modern technology developed by Iranian scientists to open and close. mobile solar cells. In Earth orbit, he also has the ability to take pictures.

Source: "Associated Press" + "Erna"

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