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Safir
Launched 2009-02-02 18:34 UTCSafir Launch Pad, Semnan Space Center, Islamic Republic of Iran
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
4th
orbital launch attempt in 2009
Iranian Space Agency
1st
launch this year
Safir Launch Pad
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
169 d 23 h
since the pad's previous launch
First Iranian built and launched satellite to reach orbit.
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.
Launches
15
Successful
6
40%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
22m
Diameter
1.3m
Liftoff thrust
255kN
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