Iran succeeded in launching a new satellite into outer space, but failed to place the satellite into orbit. All stages of the launch took place correctly, but the satellite did not reach the speed needed to inject the satellite into the desired orbit, according to the Iranian Fars news.
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The satellite reached an altitude of 540km. The rocket propelled the Zafar satellite into space successfully. As the carrier did not reach the required speed, it failed to launch the satellite into orbit.