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Safir 1B

Active

Iranian Space Agency (ISA)

May 23, 2012

Description

Specifications

Minimum Stage
1
Max Stage
2
Length
22.0 m
Diameter
1.25 m
Fairing Diameter
―
Launch Mass
26 T
Thrust
255 kN
Apogee (Sub-Orbital)
250 km

Family

Name
Safir 1B
Family
―
Variant
1B
Alias
―
Full Name
Safir 1B

Payload Capacity

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

Iranian Space Agency

Government

Morteza Barari

ISA 2004

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.

Previous Flights

flew on three previous launch(es).

Safir 1B | Doosti

Iranian Space Agency | Iran
Semnan Space Center, Islamic Republic of Iran
Feb. 5, 2019, midnight

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

Doosti (farsi for "friendship") is a microsatellite developed and built by the Remote Sensing Laboratory of Iranian Space Agency.

Low Earth Orbit

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Safir 1B | Fajr

Iranian Space Agency | Iran
Semnan Space Center, Islamic Republic of Iran
Sept. 22, 2012, midnight

Status: Launch Failure

Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Safir 1B | Fajr

Iranian Space Agency | Iran
Semnan Space Center, Islamic Republic of Iran
May 23, 2012, midnight

Status: Launch Failure

Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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