Simorgh | Mahda, Keyhan-2 & Hatef-1
Launch Successful
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Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
Jan. 28, 2024, 12:04 a.m. - Jan. 28, 2024, 12:04 a.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Jan. 28, 2024, 12:04 a.m. - Jan. 28, 2024, 12:04 a.m.
Mehda is a small satellite testing new satellite subsystems and to monitor multiple payload deployment from the Simorgh launch vehicle. Kahyan-2 is a cubesat by Iran Electronic Industries to test satellite attitude control systems. Hatef-1 is a cubesat by Iran Electronic Industries with an Internet communication payload.
Added launch (launch time approximation via http://orbitalfocus.uk/Diaries/Launches/Launches.php?year=2024#018).
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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