NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Failure

Payam-e Amirkabir

Launch Time
Tue Jan 15, 2019 00:30 UTC

The launch failed due to an anomaly with the rocket's third stage.

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

Mission Details

Payam-e Amirkabir

Payam-e Amirkabir, also known as AUTSAT (Amir Kabir University of Technology Satellite), was an Iranian microsatellite for remote sensing and store and forward communications built by the Amir Kabir University of Technology (AUT). The satellite carried an imager with a ground resolution better than 40 m. A communications payload was also on board.

It has been designed by the resident scientists and researchers at AUT. AUT and Iran Aerospace Industries Organization signed a production agreement on the AUTSAT satellite. The satellite’s total weight is 90 kilograms and can be used to assess damages inflicted by earthquakes, droughts, and other natural disasters, contributing to the reduction of casualties. The satellite is also capable of surveying agricultural lands.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 90.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Imam Khomeini Spaceport, Semnan Space Center, Iran

Stats

2019

3rd orbital launch attempt

Iranian Space Agency

9th mission
1st mission of 2019
5th failed mission

Simorgh

2nd mission
1st mission of 2019
2nd failed mission