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Launch Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
23:59:59
Saturday March 4, 2023
Failure officially reported by Israel and not confirmed by Iranian sources. Possible re-launch of satellite lost in pre-launch failure of the Safir rocket on 29 August 2019.
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.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
50 kilograms
31st
Orbital launch attempt