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Satellite images show that an Iranian rocket appears to have exploded on the launch pad Thursday.<\/p>\n
The satellite pictures were taken Thursday morning of the regime’s Imam Khomeini Space Center in Iran\u2019s Semnan Province.<\/p>\n
The photos show black smoke and part of a painted launch pad apparently scorched away, the Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n
David Schmerler, a senior research associate at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, told The Associated Press: \u201cWhatever happened there, it blew up and you\u2019re looking at the smoldering remains of what used to be there.\u201d<\/p>\n
NPR first reported on the satellite images.<\/p>\n
The failure is the third by the Iranian regime this year. In January and February, the regime attempted to launch two rockets, both of which failed to reach orbit.<\/p>\n
The exact type of rocket that failed Thursday is unclear, but the circular pad had previously been used to launch a type of two-staged, liquid-fueled rocket known as the Safir.<\/p>\n
The Iranian regime was to launch the Nahid-1 satellite in the coming days. There had been activity at the space center in recent days.<\/p>\n
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