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The US is concerned over Iran’s claim that it had successfully test-launched a rocket capable of carrying a satellite to outer space, White House National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said Sunday.

The launch is worrying and raises questions regarding Iran’s intentions, Johndroe said. He added that rockets of the type Iran tested on Sunday could also double as ballistic missiles and carry payloads and that the test-launch was not in keeping with commitments Iran gave in the past to the UN Security Council.

Earlier, Iranian state television reported that Iran tested a rocket it plans to use to carry a research satellite into orbit.

Saturday’s test of the two-stage rocket, called the Safir, or Ambassador, was successful, state TV said, as it broadcast images of the nighttime launch.

It said the Omid research satellite will gather atmospheric data from a low orbit but did not give a date for its launch.

Iran has long held the goal of developing a space program.

In 2005, it launched its first commercial satellite on a Russian rocket in a joint project with Moscow, which appears to be the main partner in transferring space technology to Iran.

Iran first tested a rocket it said was capable of delivering a satellite in February, saying that trial was also successful. It said then that it planned two more test launches before attempting to put its first domestically built satellite into orbit.

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