TEHRAN, August 18 (RIA Novosti) - Iran has successfully put a dummy satellite into orbit, the Islamic Republic's space agency has reported.
Iranian state news agency IRNA reported on Sunday, citing the country's Armed Forces General Staff, that an Iranian carrier rocket had successfully orbited the country's first domestically built satellite, called Omid or Hope.
"The Safir (Messenger) carrier rocket was successfully launched today. For the first time ever, the carrier rocket delivered a dummy satellite into orbit," the Iranian Space Agency said on Sunday.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad personally attended the launch of the carrier rocket, a spokesman for the Islamic Republic said.
