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Satellite photos show burning Iran space center launch pad
AP ^
| 8/29/2019
| JON GAMBRELL
Posted on 08/29/2019 9:23:52 AM PDT by McGruff
A rocket at an Iranian space center that was to conduct a satellite launch criticized by the U.S. apparently exploded on its launch pad Thursday, satellite images show, suggesting the Islamic Republic suffered its third failed launch this year alone.
State media and officials did not immediately acknowledge the incident at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in Irans Semnan province.
However, satellite images by Planet Labs Inc. showed a black plume of smoke rising above a launch pad there, with what appeared to be the charred remains of a rocket and its launch stand. In previous days, satellite images had shown officials there repainted the launch pad blue.
On Thursday morning, half of that paint apparently had been burned away.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: djibouti; eritrea; hassannasrallah; hezbollah; iran; lebanon; mullahloversonfr; sudan; yemen
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To: McGruff
Is it just me?
I sense an Israeli virus in their software.
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posted on
08/29/2019 9:47:03 AM PDT
by
Westbrook
(Children do not divide your love, they multiply it)
To: McGruff
Three rockets in one year... Do you think that costs about as much as what Obama, Jarrett and Kerry flew over in cash?
Now if only someone can account for what was skimmed off.
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posted on
08/29/2019 9:47:52 AM PDT
by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
To: tet68
[[[I tell you Achmed, theyll just think its a lake...]]]
LOL, I’m in the presence of greatness.
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posted on
08/29/2019 9:48:29 AM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(There's a stairway to heaven, but there's a highway to hell.)
To: McGruff
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posted on
08/29/2019 9:49:21 AM PDT
by
JGT
To: McGruff
Dude! Imam Khomeini has a spaceport... just like Mos Eisley!
To: dsrtsage
I wonder just who failed the rocket? I would like to think it was a high-tech form of Arkancide.
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posted on
08/29/2019 9:55:33 AM PDT
by
arthurus
(dvb-*#8363;dd-)
To: JGT
I.LOVE.SPACE.LASERS! 😁
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posted on
08/29/2019 9:56:29 AM PDT
by
catbertz
To: McGruff
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posted on
08/29/2019 10:01:57 AM PDT
by
BeauBo
To: catbertz
I love laser pods mounted on F-35’s. Go Israel.
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posted on
08/29/2019 10:02:16 AM PDT
by
Waverunner
(I'd like to welcome our new overlords, say hello to my little friend)
To: McGruff
HaMossad leModiʿin uleTafkidim Meyuḥadim has eyes everywhere and fingers in many pies.
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posted on
08/29/2019 10:04:07 AM PDT
by
oldvirginian
(Winning isn't everything, it's the ONLY thing. TRUMP 2020!!)
To: McGruff
I think I get it.
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posted on
08/29/2019 10:05:26 AM PDT
by
budj
(combat vet, 2nd of 3 generations)
To: McGruff
That isn’t how you build a missile program. You’re supposed to use American and Soviet know-how and kidnap a few Nazi rocket scientists like we did.
To: FreedomOfExpression
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posted on
08/29/2019 10:12:23 AM PDT
by
TomServo
To: budj
I used to build and launch model rockets when I was younger. Never had one attack me, though.
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posted on
08/29/2019 10:12:38 AM PDT
by
real saxophonist
(Yeah, well, y'know that's just like, uh... your opinion, man.)
To: JGT
Exactly what I was thinking.
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posted on
08/29/2019 10:20:04 AM PDT
by
Vinnie
To: COBOL2Java
Rods from God. On time, on target.
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posted on
08/29/2019 10:21:35 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
(Be strong & prosper, be weak & die! Stay true.... ~~ Donald J. Trump)
To: McGruff
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posted on
08/29/2019 10:32:15 AM PDT
by
Justa
(If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
To: McGruff
Israelis at it again...good job Moussad.
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posted on
08/29/2019 10:44:26 AM PDT
by
moovova
To: McGruff
Imam Khomeini Space Center
I thought it was idolatry for Islamists to have earthly things named after them.
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posted on
08/29/2019 10:44:48 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: budj
Not bad.
Not as good as the one that struck back at Ludlow Kissell, though.
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