Soraya

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Government/Top Secret

Low Earth Orbit Launch Platform Shahrud Missile Test Site, Islamic Republic of Iran

Satellite of unknown purposes for the Iranian Space Organization, orbiting in an 750 km high LEO.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 20, 2024, 4:55 p.m.

Added launch. (Approximate launch time per https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1748736907394076732)


Qaem 100

Family:
Configuration:

Specifications
  • Stages
    3
  • Length
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  • Diameter
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  • Fairing Diameter
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  • Launch Mass
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  • Thrust
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Family
  • Name
    Qaem 100
  • Family
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  • Variant
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  • Alias
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  • Full Name
    Qaem 100
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
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  • Low Earth Orbit
    80.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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  • Direct Geostationary
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  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force

(IRGCAF)

Brigadier General: Ali Jafarabadi Founded: 1985 Successes: 5 Failures: 1 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force is the strategic missile, air, and space force within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran. It was renamed from the IRGC Air Force into the IRGC Aerospace Force in 2009.

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Shahrud Missile Test Site, Islamic Republic of Iran

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