- Launched
- Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, 3:14 a.m. UTC
- Launch site
- Semnan Space Center, Islamic Republic of Iran
- Rocket
- Simorgh
- Operator
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Iranian Space Agency
Launches / Simorgh
Simorgh, flown by Iranian Space Agency
This was Iranian Space Agency's 2nd launch of 2024, and its 15th in all.
Counting every operator, it was the 240th orbital launch attempt anywhere in 2024, and the second from Imam Khomeini Spaceport.
Iranian Space Agency
Fakhr-1 is a 3U size cubesat to test locally produced spacecraft components, a communication payload and launch vehicle's multi-payload carrying capability. Saman-1 is a prototype solid fuel kick stage with 3-axis control for sending payloads into higher orbits.
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.
15 launches so far, 6 of them successful. The last 2 in a row went to plan.
It went up from Imam Khomeini Spaceport at Semnan Space Center, Islamic Republic of Iran.
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