Simorgh

Status

Failure

3 Unknown payloads

Launch Time
Thu Dec 30, 2021 03:30 UTC

The Iranian authorities announced this flight as successful, and suborbital. However, the trajectory of the launcher, very close to having made an orbit, suggests rather that it is a failed attempt to reach low Earth orbit.

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Rocket

Simorgh

Image Credit: ISA

ISA

Status: Active

Liftoff Thrust: 1,333 kN

Payload to LEO: 350 kg

Payload to GTO: 0 kg

Stages: 3

Strap-ons: 0

Rocket Height: 26.5 m

Fairing Diameter: 1.5 m

Fairing Height: 3.2 m

Details

Location

Imam Khomeini Spaceport, Semnan Space Center, Iran

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Stats

2021

144th orbital launch attempt

Iranian Space Agency

14th mission

2nd mission of 2021

9th failed mission

4th mission

1st mission of 2021

4th failed mission