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Be glad Iran’s satellite launch failed

By Tom Rogan
Published August 30, 2019 1:28pm ET
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Be glad Iran’s satellite launch failed
This satellite image from Maxar Technologies shows a fire at a rocket launchpad at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in Iran's Semnan province, Thursday. Satellite images released Thursday show the smoldering remains of a rocket at a Iran space center that was to conduct a U.S.-criticized satellite launch. | (Satellite image ©2019 Maxar Technologies via AP)

Satellite imagery provided to Fox News suggests that an Iranian satellite launch this week failed quite spectacularly.

The rocket blew up on its launchpad or shortly after launch.

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