[Mmogamer]

Maybe a failure.. how far did it travel? The distance from Iran to Israel? It may not have reached orbit, was it really their intention to do so or just show that it can work to deliver a payload a certain distance?

[joethedrummer]

Here’s a newsguy mapping out it’s course.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2222692/posts

[NormsRevenge]

Maybe a failure.. how far did it travel? The distance from Iran to Israel? It may not have reached orbit, was it really their intention to do so or just show that it can work to deliver a payload a certain distance?

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Good questions on intent. I guess their experimental comm satellite payload lies at the bottom of the sea or it worked as designed..

[gandalftb]

The booster stage splashed down 280 km off the coast of Akita Prefecture in the Sea of Japan. The second booster stage splashed down 1,270 km off the E coast of Japan.

[hinckley buzzard]

It may not have reached orbit, was it really their intention to do so or just show that it can work to deliver a payload a certain distance?

The market for delivering orbital loads is pretty well set but the market for supplying intermediate to long range missiles is wide open. You be the judge.