
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.