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Satellite photos show burning Iran space center launch pad
AP ^
| 8/29/2019
| JON GAMBRELL
Posted on 08/29/2019 9:23:52 AM PDT by McGruff
A rocket at an Iranian space center that was to conduct a satellite launch criticized by the U.S. apparently exploded on its launch pad Thursday, satellite images show, suggesting the Islamic Republic suffered its third failed launch this year alone.
State media and officials did not immediately acknowledge the incident at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in Iran’s Semnan province.
However, satellite images by Planet Labs Inc. showed a black plume of smoke rising above a launch pad there, with what appeared to be the charred remains of a rocket and its launch stand. In previous days, satellite images had shown officials there repainted the launch pad blue.
On Thursday morning, half of that paint apparently had been burned away.
(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: djibouti; eritrea; hassannasrallah; hezbollah; iran; lebanon; mullahloversonfr; sudan; yemen
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posted on
08/29/2019 9:23:52 AM PDT
by
McGruff
Just helping celebrate the mid east chapter of burning man
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posted on
08/29/2019 9:24:43 AM PDT
by
dsrtsage
(For Leftists, World History starts every day at breakfast)
To: McGruff
This will push back their delivery date on ICBMs to North Korea.
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posted on
08/29/2019 9:25:51 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: McGruff
Ooops time to call Iran’s form of OSHA!
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posted on
08/29/2019 9:26:27 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
( Here's the Formula: Hatred + Government + Disarmed Civilians = Genocide !)
To: McGruff
Inshallah..................🤓
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posted on
08/29/2019 9:28:16 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
To: McGruff
I wonder how many of their scientists were thrown into the fire.
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posted on
08/29/2019 9:28:52 AM PDT
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
To: McGruff
“The images of burning plywood could be seen for miles”
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posted on
08/29/2019 9:29:03 AM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(There's a stairway to heaven, but there's a highway to hell.)
To: McGruff
Is the X-37B still in orbit?
To: McGruff
Neck and neck with North Korea in the launch failure stakes.
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posted on
08/29/2019 9:30:06 AM PDT
by
IronJack
To: thefactor
[[[In previous days, satellite images had shown officials there repainted the launch pad blue. ]]]
Sounds like a horrible painting accident.
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posted on
08/29/2019 9:30:27 AM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(There's a stairway to heaven, but there's a highway to hell.)
To: KC_Lion
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posted on
08/29/2019 9:30:33 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: McGruff
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posted on
08/29/2019 9:32:42 AM PDT
by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
To: headstamp 2
[[[In previous days, satellite images had shown officials there repainted the launch pad blue. ]]]
I tell you Achmed, they’ll just think it’s a lake...
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posted on
08/29/2019 9:33:08 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Army Air Corps
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posted on
08/29/2019 9:33:22 AM PDT
by
KC_Lion
To: All
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posted on
08/29/2019 9:34:44 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(If you hate our Country, or if you are not happy here, you can leave!)
To: McGruff
Gee, I hope we didn’t hack into their network and cause this accident.
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posted on
08/29/2019 9:36:49 AM PDT
by
Wizdum
(The Dems are not afraid a wall won't work, the Dems are TERRIFIED a wall WILL work.)
To: McGruff
A rocket at an Iranian space center that was to conduct a satellite launch criticized by the U.S. apparently exploded on its launch pad Thursday, satellite images show, suggesting the Islamic Republic suffered its third failed launch this year alone.
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posted on
08/29/2019 9:38:29 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Hillary Clinton: Just like Joe with only half the dementia.)
To: McGruff
Boo Hoo girl is sad!
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posted on
08/29/2019 9:40:50 AM PDT
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: dsrtsage
Nice rocket launch pad you have there.
It would be a shame if something happened to it....
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posted on
08/29/2019 9:41:14 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: KC_Lion
Well, I laughed out loud...:)
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posted on
08/29/2019 9:45:23 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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