An example of a country using suborbital rockets for testing is Iran, which sent its second monkey into space in December 2013. Lifted aboard a Kavoshgar-e Pazhuhesh sounding rocket to an altitude of 120 kilometers (75 miles), the capsule containing the monkey parachuted safely back to Earth. Th...
Thank you for visiting The Space Report!
The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity, Packed with Over a Decade of Data, Resources, and Information.
