[Cindy]

ON THE INTERNET:

DEFENSElink.mil (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "IRAN SATELLITE LAUNCH HEIGHTENS MISSILE DEVELOPMENT CONCERNS" by Donna Miles (February 3, 2009)

Video (MEMRITV.org: "Iran Successfully Launches First Domestically Satellite Into Orbit" (Added February 3, 2009)

Video - "Raw Video: IRAN LAUNCHES ITS FIRST SATELLITE" (February 3, 2009)

YNET NEWS.com (REUTERS): "REPORT: IRAN LAUNCHES 1ST HOME-MADE SATELLITE" (SNIPPET: "Omid (Hope) satellite designed for research and telecommunications, state television says. Long-range ballistic technology used to put satellites into orbit can also be used for launching weapons") (Published February 3, 2009, 07:13)

[Mashood]

Is this what lit up the sky over Texas? Low-orbit??