Iran says it puts imaging satellite sucessfully into orbit amid tensions with West | AP News
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran claimed on Wednesday that it has successfully put an imaging satellite into space.The state-run IRNA news agency, quoting the country’s communication minister, said the Noor-3 satellite had been put in an orbit 450 kilometers (280 miles) above the Earth’s surface. There was no immediate acknowledgment from Western officials of the