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2025-07-22 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran sends a rocket designed to carry satellites into a suborbital test flight

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Posted by trailing wife 2025-07-22 2025-07-22 01:45|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [100 views ] Top
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#1 satellite-carrying rockets

That's so believable.

Posted by Mercutio 2025-07-22 08:31|| 2025-07-22 08:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Launching east or west? Going east, you get a boost from the earth's spin. West, and I would assume it's a FOBS (fractional orbit bombardment system).

Posted by ed in texas 2025-07-22 16:18|| 2025-07-22 16:18|| Front Page Top

#3 FOBS was my first thought. But that aside, the Iranians launching anything is cause for suspicion.

Posted by SteveS 2025-07-22 16:28|| 2025-07-22 16:28|| Front Page Top

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