Guards say Iran successfully launches first military satellite

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Guards say Iran successfully launches first military satellite
Tehran, April 22 (AFP) Apr 22, 2020
Iran's Revolutionary Guards announced they had successfully launched the country's first military satellite on Wednesday, a programme that the US alleges is a cover for its missile development.

The satellite -- dubbed the Nour -- was "successfully launched... from the Qassed two-stage launcher from the Markazi Desert of Iran", the Guards' Sepahnews website said.

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