A top Iranian official claimed on Thursday that Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard last week launched a solid-fuel satellite carrier rocket into space, The Associated Press reported.
Gen. Amirali Hajizadeh, chief of the Guard’s aerospace unit, told the IRNA news agency the test was successful. He said it marked the first time Iran used a solid-fuel rocket rather than a liquid-fuel one. He said Iran will produce lighter rocket engines in further space projects.
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