Hope - Coming and Going

(Tehran, Iran) According to the official Iranian news agency IRNA, Iran today launched its first domestically-made satellite into space.

"Iran's Omid (hope) satellite was launched on Sunday using the Safir (ambassador) satellite-carrier rocket," IRNA said, quoting a statement from Iran's armed forces.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad read the launch countdown prior to the satellite named Hope being blasted into orbit.

It's not known if there is a link between Obama promising to put hope in America concurrent with Iran shooting hope into the lifeless void of space.