Safir (rocket)
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Not to be confused with Saphir (rocket).
The Safir (Persian: سفیر, meaning "ambassador") was the first Iranian expendable launch vehicle able to place a satellite in orbit.[1] The first successful orbital launch using the Safir launch system took place on 2 February 2009 when a Safir carrier rocket placed the Omid satellite into an orbit with a 245.2 km (152.4 mi) apogee.[2][3] This made Iran the ninth nation capable of producing and launching a satellite.[4]
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Function | LEO launch vehicle |
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Manufacturer | Iranian Space Agency |
Country of origin | Iran |
Size | |
Height | 22 m (72ft) |
Diameter | 1.25 m (4.10ft) |
Mass | 26,000 kg |
Stages | 2 |
Capacity | |
Payload to LEO | |
Mass | 50 kilograms (110 lb) |
Launch history | |
Status | Retired |
Launch sites | Semnan Space Center |
Total launches | 7 (1 unconfirmed) (+2 test flights) |
Success(es) | 4 |
Failure(s) | 3 (1 unconfirmed) |
First flight | 17 August 2008 |
Last flight | 5 February 2019 |
First stage | |
Powered by | 1 × modified Shahab-3 engine |
Maximum thrust | 363 kN (82,000 lbf) |
Propellant | N2O4 / UDMH |
Second stage | |
Powered by | 2 × R-27 Zyb vernier engines |
Maximum thrust | 35 kN (7,900 lbf) |
Propellant | N2O4 / UDMH |
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The Simorgh is a larger orbital launcher based on Safir technology which has since replaced the Safir, and is sometimes called the Safir-2.[5]