An Iranian minister says the country will on Sunday launch a satellite as part of a fledgling program that the U.S. says is cover for ballistic missile testing.
"The Zafar satellite will be placed in orbit today from Semnan at a speed of 7,400 kilometers," Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi said, according to the official IRIB news agency.
Iran said Saturday that the launch of the Zafar had been delayed. It did not give any reason for the delay, but reports claimed that there had been a massive cyberattack on the Iranian internet services on the planned day of the launch.