Posted on 03/17/2011 10:20:03 AM PDT by fuzzybutt
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran says it has sent the country's first space capsule that is able to sustain life into orbit as a test for a future mission that may carry a live animal.
The state IRNA news agency says the capsule was carried by a rocket dubbed Kavoshgar-4 - or Explorer-4 in Farsi - some 75 miles (120 kilometers) into orbit.
The launch of the capsule is a part of Iran's ambitious space program. Thursday's report provides no other details about the "life capsule" but said it was launched on Tuesday.
Last year, Iran sent its first domestically made telecommunications satellite into orbit and announced it had successfully launched a rocket carrying a mouse, turtle and worms into space for research purposes.
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Expect the biracial but black girly boy to come in from watching gangstas play hoops long enough to praise the Muslims for being so smart, inventive, kindhearted & honorable.
Prestige in the Islamic world is their goal. They want to be the #1 leader.
EMP capsule?
Most likely.........a glorified lawn dart,but even lawn darts can explode on impact.
My first thought.
If they can put things in orbit, they can put things in US airspace.
Wow.
Time to celebrate!
The first muslim, from a muslim country, launched by superior muslim technology in space!
Wooo hooo!
...was there room for the suicide belt?
Nonsense. There is no such thing as a 75-mile orbit. That's barely into space, and the drag is far too much to sustain an orbit. It was probably a suborbital flight.
Ahmanutjob's gonna take a trip?
“75 miles” do not an orbit make. At least not more than one or two.
A little more info for what it’s worth...
I have heard of a spy satellite being sent as low as 67 miles for a brief period (probably under 1 minute) to look at a high-priority target.
Of course to save the satellite for future use they had to have enough fuel to kick it up several dozen miles immediately after the surveillance task, and this would use a significant fraction of its original fuel load on a single observation.
When a thruster-equipped satellite is down to just enough fuel to de-orbit it, that’s what has to be done.
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