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Simorgh
Launched 2024-12-06 03:14 UTCImam Khomeini Spaceport, Semnan Space Center, Islamic Republic of Iran
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
240th
orbital launch attempt in 2024
Iranian Space Agency
2nd
launch this year
Imam Khomeini Spaceport
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
313 d 3 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
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