Qaem 100

Qaem 100
FunctionSmall-lift space launch vehicle
ManufacturerIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Country of originIran
Size
Stages3
Capacity
Payload to LEO 500 km
Mass80 kg
Associated rockets
FamilyQaem
Based onQased
Launch history
StatusActive
Launch sitesShahroud space center
Total launches4 (1 suborbital)
Success(es)3 (1 suborbital)
Failure(s)1
First flight5 November 2022
Last flight14 September 2024
First stage
Powered byRafe motor
Maximum thrust68,000 kilograms-force (670,000 N; 150,000 lbf)
PropellantSolid
Second stage
Diameter1 m
Powered bySalman motor
Burn time60 seconds
PropellantSolid
Third stage
Diameter1 m
Powered byVahab motor
PropellantSolid
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Qaem 100 (also Ghaem 100, Persian: قائم ۱۰۰, from a word meaning "upright")[1] is an Iranian expendable, small-lift, space launch vehicle developed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). It was unveiled on 5 November 2022 and is the first rocket of the Qaem family. After a successful suborbital test flight in 2022, the rocket performed its orbital maiden flight in 2023 carrying the Nahid telecommunication satellite but failed to put it in orbit.[2][3] In the next launch in 2024, it succeeded in putting the Soraya satellite into 750km orbit, breaking Iran's previous altitude record.[4]

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  2. ^ "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.
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  4. ^ "Iran launches Sorayya satellite, sets 'new record'". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 20 January 2024.