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Sunday, February 1, 2015

False threat
Airbus Defence and Space imagery showing how the rocket gantry at Iran's new satellite launch vehicle (SLV) facility is designed to move over the launch pad to assemble a rocket (1 January 2015 image below) and then retract to a safe distance for the actual launch (27 October 2014 image above), at which point the SLV would be visible next to the umbilical tower. (CNES 2014, Distribution Airbus DS / IHS)Claims that Iran is preparing to test an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) are based on incorrect analysis of a satellite image showing the new facility at the Khomeini Space Centre in Semnan province.
The claim was first made on 21 January by Israel's Channel 2 on the basis of an undated EROS-B satellite image of the new facility that was probably taken sometime in 2014. It was then picked up by several other outlets.



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