Qaem 100

Active

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force (IRGCAF)

March 4, 2023

Description

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

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force

Government
Brigadier General: Ali Jafarabadi
IRGCAF 1985

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.

Qaem 100 | Chamran-1

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force | Iran
Shahrud Missile Test Site, Islamic Republic of Iran
Sept. 14, 2024, 5:58 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Iranian technological demonstration satellite to test out a propulsion system, with mass of 60 kg.

Low Earth Orbit
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Qaem 100 | Soraya

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force | Iran
Shahrud Missile Test Site, Islamic Republic of Iran
Jan. 20, 2024, 6:28 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Qaem 100 | Nahid-1

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force | Iran
Shahrud Missile Test Site, Islamic Republic of Iran
March 4, 2023, midnight
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Note: Failure officially reported by Israel and not confirmed by Iranian sources. Nahid 1 (Venus 1) is an Iranian low-earth orbit communications microsatellite. The Iranian Space Agency (ISA) has endorsed a contract with the Iranian Space Research Center to build Nahid 1.

Low Earth Orbit
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Falcon 9
Success
5 days, 20 hours ago
Starlink Group 10-48
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon 9
Success
6 days, 18 hours ago
Starlink Group 17-31
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Long March 2D
Success
1 week ago
Shiyan 30 03-04
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

A pair of Chinese satellites reported to be for "Earth observation technological testing and validation" purposes. Actual usage not known.


Long March 8A
Success
1 week ago
SatNet LEO Group 20
Commercial LC-1 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

A batch of 9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.…


Firefly Alpha
Success
1 week, 1 day ago
Stairway to Seven
Space Launch Complex 2W - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Firefly Alpha's Flight 7 is a test flight and return-To-Flight for the launch vehicle after its April 2025 launch failure. It will test and validate …