Version: Shaheen 1. Status: Active. Other Designations: Hatf 4.
Pakistani missile, apparently a license-assembled Chinese DF-15. Flown in October 2002, project managed by Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission.
Launches: 5. Failures: 1. First Launch Date: 1999-01-15. Last Launch Date: 2006-11-29. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Liftoff Thrust: 0 N ( lbf). Total Mass: 6,200 kg (13,600 lb). Core Diameter: 1.00 m (3.20 ft). Total Length: 9.10 m (29.80 ft). Maximum range: 750 km (460 mi).
- Stage1: 1 x DF-11M-1. Gross Mass: 5,400 kg (11,900 lb). Empty Mass: 1,645 kg (3,626 lb). Motor: 1 x DF-11. Thrust (vac): 93.200 kN (20,952 lbf). Length: 9.40 m (30.80 ft). Diameter: 0.88 m (2.88 ft). Propellants: Solid.
Version: Shaheen 2. Intermediate range ballistic rocket. Status: Active. Other Designations: Hatf 5.
Two-stage ballistic missile developed by Pakistan, based on Chinese technology.
Launches: 4. First Launch Date: 2004-03-09. Last Launch Date: 2007-02-23. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). Liftoff Thrust: 0 N ( lbf). Total Mass: 8,000 kg (17,600 lb). Core Diameter: 0.88 m (2.88 ft). Total Length: 12.00 m (39.00 ft). Maximum range: 2,000 km (1,200 mi).
- Stage1: 1 x DF-11M-1. Gross Mass: 5,400 kg (11,900 lb). Empty Mass: 1,645 kg (3,626 lb). Motor: 1 x DF-11. Thrust (vac): 93.200 kN (20,952 lbf). Length: 9.40 m (30.80 ft). Diameter: 0.88 m (2.88 ft). Propellants: Solid.
- Stage2: 1 x Shaheen 2-2. Motor: 1 x Shaheen-2. Length: 4.00 m (13.10 ft). Diameter: 0.88 m (2.88 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/UDMH.
Version: Shaheen 3. Other Designations: Hatf 6.
Pakistani indigenous long-range missile, designed by Pakistani scientists using Chinese technology. First flight March 9, 2004.
Standard warhead mass: 1,000 kg (2,200 lb). Maximum range: 2,000 km (1,200 mi). Boost Propulsion: Solid rocket. Cruise Propulsion: Solid rocket.
Shaheen Chronology
1999 January 15 - Sonmiani -. FAILURE: Failure. Test mission Agency: Pakistan. Apogee: 0 km ( mi).
1999 April 15 - 04:58 GMT - Sonmiani -. Test mission Agency: Pakistan. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
2002 October 4 - 02:30 GMT - Sonmiani -. Agency: Pakistan. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
2002 October 8 - Sonmiani -. Test mission Agency: Pakistan. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
2004 March 9 - Sonmiani -. Shaheen 2 test Agency: Pakistan. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). Some sources give missile as Shaheen 3.
2005 March 19 - Sonmiani -. Shaheen 2 test Agency: Pakistan. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).
2006 April 29 - Sonmiani -. Agency: Pakistan. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).
2006 November 29 - Sonmiani -. Shaheen 1 Haft-4 Agency: Pakistan. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
2007 February 23 - Sonmiani -. Agency: Pakistan. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).
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