Iran Fires Second Rocket into Space

Source: Agencies, 26-11-2008

Iran on Wednesday announced it has fired a second rocket, "Kavoshgar 2", into space, following up on the success of its first space launch in February, state television said. "The rocket landed 40 minutes later with a special parachute after performing its functions," the report said.

The report follows an announcement earlier this month that Iran had test-fired a new generation of surface-to-surface missile. Television did not give any further details, saying they would be announced later.

Iran in February tested a domestically made Explorer 1 rocket as part of its satellite program. Tehran said it needed two more similar tests before putting a domestically made satellite into orbit. On August 17, Iran said it had put a dummy satellite into orbit on a domestically made rocket for the first time.