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Brett Tingley

Iran launches military satellite, sending nation's largest-ever payload to orbit: reports

A rocket launches at dusk above a plume of fire and smoke in the desert.

Iran's space program continues to make progress as the nation announces the successful launch of its largest payload yet.

Iranian state media says one of the nation's two-stage Simorgh rockets launched on Friday (Dec. 6) with payloads weighing a combined 660 pounds (300 kilograms). Those payloads include a space tug known as Saman-1 that can boost satellites to higher orbits, the Fakhr-1 cubesat and an undisclosed "research payload," according to Reuters.

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