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Did Iran Launch a Rocket Into Space?

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
February 25, 2007

Iran fires research rocket not space missile: agency, Reuters

“Iran has launched a sub-orbital rocket for scientific research not a missile capable of reaching space as earlier reported, an aerospace official told an Iranian news agency on Sunday.”

Iran rocket claim raises tension, BBC

“Iranian media say the country has successfully launched its first rocket capable of reaching space. But officials later said it was for research and would not go into orbit. Experts say if Iran has fired a rocket into space it would cause alarm abroad as it would mean scientists had crossed important technological barriers.”

Iran’s Sputnik, Aviation Week & Space Technology (29 January 2007)

“Iran has just completed conversion of a powerful ballistic missile into a satellite launch vehicle. But the 25-30-ton rocket could be a wolf in sheep’s clothing to test longer-range Iranian missile technologies. The Bush administration will likely view the vehicle as a rogue rocket developed in a cabal of Iran and North Korea. The new launcher has recently been assembled and “will liftoff soon,” says Alaoddin Boroujerdi, chairman of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission.”

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