Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
Video footage has been released showing footage of a missile, claiming it is the ballistic missile used by Iran in attacks on Israel.
These contents were published on Thursday (June 18) by Albanian-language media as "Radio Star Gjilan" and "KosovaPress" (see here and here).
But what is the truth?
Hibrid.info has found that the rockets shown are Falcon 9 rockets launched for the Starlink mega-constellation, SpaceX's project for a space-based internet communication system.
Hibrid.info has researched through the automated search program “InVID” and has found numerous publications with the same claim (see here).
Among the videos displayed after the search, one was also found published on June 18, with a description that suggests that we are dealing with a mission. SpaceX, a company that designs and builds its own reusable rockets and spacecraft (see here).
Another video found, similar to the footage discussed, clarifies that the footage is of Falcon 9 rocket, launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The description further states that it carries a group of 26 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation, also SpaceX's project for a space-based internet communications system (see here).
Analyze:
The claim that the published footage shows the ballistic missile used by Iran in attacks on Israel does not hold true.
The footage shown is of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, which is launched to deploy Starlink satellites, and is not related to any military attack.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses the content as "unverified".
Reasoning:
The "Unverified" rating is given to those informative contents that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which could not be verified due to certain circumstances (speed, lack of sources) during the publication of the content.