Iran acknowledged on Friday that its space launch on Thursday failed to put its three payloads into orbit after the rocket was unable to reach the required speed.
"For a payload to enter orbit, it needs to reach speeds above 7,600 (meters per second). We reached 7,350," said a spokesman for the Iranian defense ministry who was quoted by Reuters.
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