According to this report, it was sub-orbital: http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2007-02-25T130421Z_01_BLA533629_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-IRAN-SPACE-DC.XML Excerpt: TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has launched a sub-orbital rocket for scientific research not a missile capable of reaching space as earlier reported, an aerospace official told an Iranian news agency on Sunday. Ali Akbar Golrou, the executive deputy of Iran's aerospace research center, told Fars News Agency the rocket would not stay in orbit but could rise to about 150 km (94 miles) into atmosphere before falling to earth by parachute. End excerpt Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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