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Qaem 100

Active

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force (IRGCAF)

March 4, 2023

Description

Specifications

Stages
3
Length
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Diameter
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Fairing Diameter
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Launch Mass
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Thrust
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Family

Name
Qaem 100
Family
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Variant
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Alias
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Full Name
Qaem 100

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
80.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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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).

Qaem 100 | Chamran-1

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force | Iran
Shahrud Missile Test Site, Islamic Republic of Iran
Sept. 14, 2024, 5:58 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Iranian technological demonstration satellite to test out a propulsion system, with mass of 60 kg.

Low Earth Orbit

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Qaem 100 | Soraya

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force | Iran
Shahrud Missile Test Site, Islamic Republic of Iran
Jan. 20, 2024, 6:28 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Satellite of unknown purposes for the Iranian Space Organization, orbiting in an 750 km high LEO.

Low Earth Orbit

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Qaem 100 | Nahid-1

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force | Iran
Shahrud Missile Test Site, Islamic Republic of Iran
March 4, 2023, midnight

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

Note: Failure officially reported by Israel and not confirmed by Iranian sources. Nahid 1 (Venus 1) is an Iranian low-earth orbit communications microsatellite. The Iranian Space Agency (ISA) has endorsed a contract with the Iranian Space Research Center to build Nahid 1.

Low Earth Orbit

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Recent Launches