Nahid-1

Nahid-1
Mission typeCommunication
OperatorIranian Space Agency
Spacecraft properties
ManufacturerIranian Space Agency
PowerSolar
Start of mission
Launch date4 March 2023[1]
RocketQaem 100
Launch siteShahroud Space Center
ContractorIRGC
End of mission
Disposallaunch vehicle failure
Destroyed4 March 2023 (2023-03-05)
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth

Nahid-1 (Persian: ناهید, meaning "Venus") was an Iranian solar-powered communications satellite.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Identical letters dated 28 April 2023 from the Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council" (PDF). Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  2. ^ "telegraph - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 'wants to be first Iranian in space". 4 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Iran announces construction of new space center". 4 October 2012.