The United States has assessed that Iran successfully launched a military satellite into orbit for the first time on Wednesday.
Speaking in a news conference at the White House, Trump claimed, “we know more about them than the Iranians themselves.”
“Noor-1” satellite is the first military satellite of the Islamic Republic of Iran which was successfully launched by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps [IRGC] on Wed. morning from a three-stage satellite launcher named Qassed [messenger] from the central Iranian desert and was placed into orbit at 425km.
The United States has assessed that Iran successfully launched a military satellite into orbit for the first time on Wednesday, according to two US Defense Department officials, CNN reported.
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