CNN with the report that Iran has successfully launched a military satellite into orbit for the first time

  • citing two US Defense Department officials

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  • the country's space program utilizes the same technology that would be needed to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile, which would increase Tehran's capability to strike enemy targets.
  • US Space Command is tracking two objects in orbit that were launched from within Iran, according to one of the officials
  • One is a rocket body and the other is assessed to be the satellite.

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CNN with the report that Iran has successfully launched a military satellite into orbit for the first time US Space Command is tracking two objects in orbit that were launched from within Iran, according to one of the officials. One is a rocket body and the other is assessed to be the satellite. The rocket body may still be in orbit because the Iranian program is not sophisticated enough to have perfected re-entry into the atmosphere.Earlier on Wednesday, Gen. John Hyten, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the US was tracking the launch closely but declined to confirm the satellite had reached orbit.