![]() The Simorgh satellite launch vehicle launching on its first orbital test flight on 27 July 2017. | |
Function | Small-lift space launch vehicle |
---|---|
Country of origin | ![]() |
Size | |
Height | 26.5 m (87 ft) |
Diameter | 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) first stage, 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) second stage |
Mass | 87 t (192,000 lb) |
Stages | 2 |
Capacity | |
Payload to LEO 200 km | |
Mass | 800 kg (1,800 lb)[1] |
Payload to LEO 500 km | |
Mass | 250 kg (550 lb)[2] |
Associated rockets | |
Family | Derived from Safir |
Launch history | |
Status | Active |
Launch sites | Imam Khomeini Space Launch Terminal |
Total launches | 5 or 6 (+1 suborbital) |
Success(es) | 1 (+1 suborbital) |
Failure(s) | 4 or 5 |
First flight | 19 April 2016 (suborbital) 27 July 2017 (orbital) |
First stage | |
Height | 17.8 m |
Diameter | 2.4 m |
Powered by | 4 × Shahab-5[3] + 4 verniers |
Maximum thrust | 1,590 kN (360,000 lbf) |
Burn time | 120 seconds |
Propellant | N2O4 / UDMH |
Second stage | |
Diameter | 1.5 m |
Powered by | 4 × R-27 Zyb |
Maximum thrust | 71.6 kN (16,100 lbf) |
Burn time | 320 seconds |
Propellant | N2O4 / UDMH |
Third stage (Optional) | |
Powered by | Saman-1 |
Maximum thrust | 13 kN (2,900 lbf) |
Burn time | 40 seconds |
Propellant | Solid |
Simorgh (Persian: ماهوارهبر سیمرغ, Phoenix), also called Safir-2, is an Iranian expendable launch vehicle under development.[4][5] It is the successor of the Safir, Iran's first space launch vehicle.[6] Its mission is to carry heavier satellites into higher orbit than Safir.[7]
The project was unveiled by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on 3 February 2010, as part of celebrations of the first anniversary of the launch of Omid, the first indigenously launched Iranian satellite,[8] and was launched for the first time on 19 April 2016.[9]