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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Government/Top Secret

Low Earth Orbit Imam Khomeini Spaceport Semnan Space Center, Islamic Republic of Iran

According to U.S. Space Command, Iran suffered a rocket launch failure early on June 12th. While there are no details available as to which rocket was used, what the payload was or how exactly the launch had failed, OSINT efforts suggest that the launcher used was the Simorgh rocket. This makes it a fourth consecutive failure of the Simorgh launch vehicle.

Updates

spacevogel • June 23, 2021, 6:05 a.m.

Added launch. Details such as launch time or payload were not available, but will be updated if they become known.


Simorgh

Family:
Configuration:

Specifications
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  • Thrust
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Family
  • Name
    Simorgh
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  • Full Name
    Simorgh
Payload Capacity
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  • Low Earth Orbit
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  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Iranian Space Agency

Iranian Space Agency

(ISA)

Administrator: Hassan Salarieh Founded: 2004 Successes: 6 Failures: 9 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

The Iranian Space Agency is Iran's governmental space agency. Iran became an orbital-launch-capable nation in 2009. Iran is one of the 24 founding members of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, which was set up in 1958.

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Semnan Space Center, Islamic Republic of Iran

Imam Khomeini Spaceport


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