Iran's Simorgh Rocket Successful Launch

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Iran launches military satellite, sending nation's largest-ever payload to orbit: reports

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Iranian state media says one of the nation's two -stage Simorgh rockets launched on Friday ( Dec. 6 ) with payloads weighing a combined 660 pounds ( 300 kilograms ) The three payloads were placed into an elliptical, or oval-shaped, low Earth orbit reaching up to 255 miles ( 410 kilometers ) at its highest point, or apogee.