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Qased

Active

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force (IRGCAF)

April 22, 2020

Description

Specifications

Stages
3
Length
―
Diameter
1.25 m
Fairing Diameter
1.0 m
Launch Mass
―
Thrust
290.0 kN

Family

Name
Qased
Family
―
Variant
―
Alias
―
Full Name
Qased

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
―
Low Earth Orbit
50.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
―
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
―

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force

Government

Brigadier General: Ali Jafarabadi

IRGCAF 1985

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force is the strategic missile, air, and space force within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran. It was renamed from the IRGC Air Force into the IRGC Aerospace Force in 2009.

Previous Flights

flew on three previous launch(es).

Qased | Noor-3

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force | Iran
Shahrud Missile Test Site, Islamic Republic of Iran
Sept. 27, 2023, 6 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Third flight of the Iranian Qased small launch vehicle. Delivered two objects in a 450 km Earth Orbit, one of which is the Noor-3 military satellite.

Low Earth Orbit

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Qased | Noor-2

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force | Iran
Shahrud Missile Test Site, Islamic Republic of Iran
March 8, 2022, 5:06 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Second flight of the Iranian Qased small launch vehicle. Delivered two objects in a 500 km Earth Orbit, one of which is the Noor-2 military satellite.

Low Earth Orbit

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Qased | Noor

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force | Iran
Shahrud Missile Test Site, Islamic Republic of Iran
April 22, 2020, 3:58 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

This is the first launch of the Qased launch vehicle, which is reported to have placed a military satellite called Noor into 425-km orbit.

Low Earth Orbit

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