Iranian Space Agency: Government / agency (Iran), launches, rockets and satellites

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15Orbital launches

29All launches (incl. suborbital)

9Satellites in orbit

0Satellites built

3Rockets / spacecraft

Iranian Space Agency is a government organisation based in Iran, founded in 2004. Our records show 15 orbital launches, 9 satellites in orbit and 3 rockets or spacecraft.

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Products

Rockets and spacecraft

Name	Type	Status	First flight	Launches
Simorgh	Rocket	Active	2017	7 (5 failed)
Safir	Rocket	Active	2008	5 (1 failed)
Safir 1B	Rocket	Active	2012	3 (3 failed)

Activity

Orbital launches per year

11121519202124

Last 15 years. Peak: 3 launches in one year.

Satellites in orbit

By platform

Mehda	2
Cubesat 3U	2
Fajr	2
Kanopus?	1
Tolou	1

Recent launches

Date	Mission	Vehicle	Site	Result
6 Dec 2024	Sahman-1	Simorgh	SEM	Success
28 Jan 2024	Mehda	Simorgh	SEM	Success
6 Dec 2023	2023-S69	Salman	SEM?	Success
3 Oct 2022	2022-S95	Nazeat 6H	SHAHR?	Success
30 Dec 2021	Test satellites	Simorgh	SEM	Failure
12 Jun 2021	Tolou-2?	Simorgh	SEM	Failure
9 Feb 2020	Zafar	Simorgh	SEM	Failure
29 Aug 2019	2019-E01	Safir	SEM	Unknown
5 Feb 2019	Dousti	Safir	SEM	Failure
15 Jan 2019	Payam	Simorgh	SEM	Failure
27 Jul 2017	Tolou-1	Simorgh	SEM	Failure
19 Apr 2016	2016-S25	Simorgh	SEM	Success

Provenance

Where this comes from

This entry merges 3 sources: Launch Library 2 · GCAT (J. McDowell) · Wikidata (Q572596 )
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Launch and satellite data: Jonathan McDowell's GCAT (CC BY 4.0) and CelesTrak. Rockets, spacecraft and agencies: Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs and Wikidata. News headlines link to their publishers via the Spaceflight News API and RSS feeds. Records come from several sources and are matched automatically, so treat the directory as a research aid, not an authority. How the data is built and checked.