NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Prelaunch Failure

Nahid-1

Launch Time
Thu Aug 29, 2019

Satellite imagery appears to show that the rocket exploded on the launch pad during prelaunch operations. Iran claims that the satellite was not yet on the launch vehicle.

Rocket

Safir-1B+
ISA
Status: Active
Liftoff Thrust: 334 kN
Payload to LEO: 50 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 22.6 m
Fairing Diameter: 1.25 m
Fairing Height: 2.0 m

Mission Details

Nahid-1

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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 50.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Safir Launch Pad, Semnan Space Center, Iran

Stats

2019

62nd orbital launch attempt

Iranian Space Agency

11th mission
3rd mission of 2019
7th failed mission

Safir-1

9th mission
2nd mission of 2019
5th failed mission