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Simorgh
Launched 2017-07-27 09:30 UTCImam Khomeini Spaceport, Semnan Space Center, Islamic Republic of Iran
Failure due to a problem with the second stage, which failed after 20 seconds of powered flight (of planned 300 seconds).
From Launch Library 2 · updated
Launch failure
Target: Low Earth Orbit
Simorgh lifted off with Unknown, but the launch failed.
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No cause has been given yet. What Iranian Space Agency finds will be added here, and to the updates below.
First test flight of the Simorgh rocket, intended to reach orbit. Pentagon officials confirmed the launch occurred at around 9:30 UTC on Thursday and did not place a satellite in 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.
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