Iran ’Successfully Launches’ A New Noor-3 Imaging Satellite Into Orbit

Iran claimed on Wednesday that it launched a new satellite into orbit. It sees this as a major achievement. The Iranian regime has hinted about the launch for months. Iran’s Communication Minister Isa Zarepour said the Noor-3 satellite had been put in an orbit 450 kilometers (280 miles) above the Earth’s surface, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force announced the launch.