TEHRAN, Iran Iran has announced on Saturday the successful launch of its domestically produced research satellite Chamran-1, which has been placed into orbit at an altitude of 550 kilometers (341.7 miles). “The satellite was placed at an orbit of 550 km on Saturday morning using the Qaem-100 satellite carrier, a solid-fueled space launch vehicle developed by the aerospace experts of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC),” according to the Iranian state news agency IRNA. The Qaem-100 solid-

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