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Detailed explanation-1: -Iran announced today, it had carried out a new space launch, in a move likely to irk Western powers amid tough talks on reviving a 2015 nuclear deal. The Simorgh satellite launcher carried three research cargos into space, Defence Ministry Spokesman Ahmad Hosseini said as quoted by state television.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Simorgh space launch vehicle. The project was unveiled by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on 3 February 2010, as part of celebrations of the first anniversary of the launch of Omid, the first indigenously launched Iranian satellite, and was launched for the first time on 19 April 2016.

Detailed explanation-3: -1. United States of America (NASA/USSF) With a budget nearly twice that of the next-highest agency, the United States’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is easily the most prolific and active space agency in the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -In all cases where a country has conducted independent human spaceflights (as of 2021, three - China, the Soviet Union/Russia, and the United States), these launches were preceded by independent unmanned launch capability.