Omid

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Test Flight

Low Earth Orbit Safir Launch Pad Semnan Space Center, Islamic Republic of Iran

First Iranian built and launched satellite. Failed to reach orbit due to a launch vehicle second stage malfunction.

Safir

Family:
Configuration:

Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    1
  • Max Stage
    2
  • Length
    22.0 m
  • Diameter
    1.25 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
    26.0 T
  • Thrust
    255.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Safir
  • Family
  • Variant
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Safir
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Iranian Space Agency

Iranian Space Agency

(ISA)

Administrator: Hassan Salarieh Founded: 2004 Successes: 5 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

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