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Iran’s launching of a monkey into orbit was a publicity stunt that says nothing about its ballistic missile capabilities
Israeli space expert Tal Inbar
Tehran on Monday launched a Pishgam (Pioneer) spacecraft bearing a primate to suborbital altitude and lauded the monkey’s successful return to Earth as “the first step for Iran towards sending humans into space,” according to semi-official Press TV.
Inbar, head of the Space and UAV Research Center at the Fisher Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies, explained that the primate-bearing rocket was an unguided projectile that reached a maximum altitude of 120 kilometers (74 miles).
Times of Israel. Read the full article: https://www.timesofisrael.com/iranian-monkey-launch-a-publicity-stunt-israeli-space-chief-says/
