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Iranian satellite fails to enter into orbit during fourth consecutive unsuccessful launch

By Tim Pearce
Published February 9, 2020 6:08pm ET
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Iranian satellite fails to enter into orbit during fourth consecutive unsuccessful launch
This Jan. 26, 2020, satellite image from Planet Labs Inc. that has been annotated by experts at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at Middlebury Institute of International Studies shows activity at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in Iran's Semnan province.

Iran has failed another attempt at launching a satellite into space.

Iran attempted to launch a domestically-built “Zafar” satellite into space, but the rocket did not gain enough speed to reach orbit, according to reports. News of the failure broke on Sunday, two weeks after satellite imagery showed increased activity around Iran’s Imam Khomeini Space Center.

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