Simorgh | Fakhr-1 & Saman-1
Launch Successful
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Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
Dec. 6, 2024, 3:14 a.m. - Dec. 6, 2024, 3:14 a.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Dec. 6, 2024, 3:14 a.m. - Dec. 6, 2024, 3:14 a.m.
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.
Launch success (launch time is per https://orbitalfocus.uk/Diaries/Launches/Launches.php?year=2024#236).
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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