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Semnan

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First Launch: 2000-09-21. Last Launch: 2013-12-14. Number: 19 . Longitude: 53.92 deg. Latitude: 35.23 deg.

• Nation: Iran. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi).

• Nation: Iran. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

• Omid - . Nation: Iran. Agency: IRSA. Class: Technology. Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: Omid. Apogee: 152 km (94 mi).

  Iranian suborbital launch in support of development of an indigenous satellite launch capability. Western analysts claimed it was a failed satellite launch attempt, and that the second stage of the launch vehicle failed catastrophically at 152 km altitude.

• Sejjil-1 - . Nation: Iran. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).

• Iran RV - . Nation: Iran. Technology payload..

• Omid - . Mass: 25 kg (55 lb). Nation: Iran. Agency: IRSA. Class: Technology. Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: Omid. Decay Date: 2009-04-25 . USAF Sat Cat: 33506 . COSPAR: 2009-004A. Apogee: 373 km (231 mi). Perigee: 245 km (152 mi). Inclination: 55.55 deg. Period: 90.70 min. First Iranian satellite launched by an Iranian launch vehicle..

• Missile test - . Nation: Iran. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi). Test.

• Sejjil RV - . Mass: 800 kg (1,760 lb). Nation: Iran. Operational test.

• Seijil test - . Nation: Iran. Test of two-stage solid-propellant IRBM, which Iran claimed was 'faster' (lower drag re-entry vehicel?) than earlier versions and had stealth capabilities. US authorities said they detected no different performance compared to earlier launches..

• Sejjil-2 - . Nation: Iran. Agency: IR. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi).

• Sejjil-2 - . Nation: Iran. Agency: IR. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi).

• Nation: Iran. Agency: IR. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).

• Rasad - . Mass: 15 kg (33 lb). Nation: Iran. Class: Earth. Type: Earth resources satellite. Spacecraft: Rasad. Decay Date: 2011-07-06 . USAF Sat Cat: 37675 . COSPAR: 2011-025A. Apogee: 299 km (185 mi). Perigee: 236 km (146 mi). Inclination: 55.70 deg. Satellite with an imaging payload..

• Nation: Iran. Agency: IR. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).

• Shahab RV - . Nation: Iran. Operational test..

• Shahab RV - . Nation: Iran. Operational test..

• Shahab RV - . Nation: Iran. Operational test..

• Shahab RV - . Nation: Iran. Operational test..

• Shahab RV - . Nation: Iran. Operational test..

• Kavoshgar Class C - . Nation: Iran. Agency: IRSA. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi).

• Kavoshgar-5 - . Nation: Iran. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi). Fifth in Kavoshgar series of biology missions; Capsule C recovery test; crashed on recover, monkey killed..

• Navid - . Mass: 50 kg (110 lb). Nation: Iran. Class: Earth. Type: Earth resources satellite. Spacecraft: Navid. Duration: 59.00 days. Decay Date: 2012-04-02 . USAF Sat Cat: 38075 . COSPAR: 2012-005A. Apogee: 165 km (102 mi). Perigee: 149 km (92 mi). Inclination: 56.00 deg. Period: 87.60 min. Earth observation satellite with 400 m resolution built by Iran University of Science and Technology in Tehran..

• Fajr - . Nation: Iran. Agency: IRSA.

• Shahab RV - . Nation: Iran. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). Exercise mission..

• Shahab RV - . Nation: Iran. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Exercise mission..

• Shahab RV - . Nation: Iran. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Exercise mission..

• Fajr - . Nation: Iran. Agency: IRSA.

• Fajr - . Nation: Iran. Class: Technology. Type: Technology satellite. Payload of the failed launch was a 50 kg satellite built by Iran Electronics Industry, with an imaging sensor and a small thruster..

• Kavoshgar Pazhuhesh - . Nation: Iran. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi).

  Eighth in Kavoshgar series of biology missions; Capsule D recovery test. Launched from the Imam Khomeini Space Center in Semnan province on a 120 km suborbital flight, carrying a 3 kg, 3 year old rhesus monkey named Fargam. This was the fourth Iranian monkey in space, and the second to return successfully following the Kavoshgar Pisgham ('Pioneer Probe') mission in January 2013. The use of a liquid fuel missile provided gentler acceleration than the small solid propellant sounding rockets used for earlier experiments. The Kavoshgar Pazhuhesh ('Research Probe') flight was the first 'Class D' mission of the Kavoshgar series. The payload was developed by the Institute of Astronautical Systems, which I believe is part of the Aerospace Research Institute in Tehran.

• Fajr - . Mass: 52 kg (114 lb). Nation: Iran. Class: Surveillance. Type: Surveillance satellite. Spacecraft: Fajr. Decay Date: 2015-02-26 . USAF Sat Cat: 40387 . COSPAR: 2015-006A. Apogee: 469 km (291 mi). Perigee: 224 km (139 mi). Inclination: 55.50 deg.

  Fourth Iranian satellite, and Iran's first successful orbital launch since February 2012. Fajr (Aurora) had a technology payload with a cold-gas thruster developed by Iran Electronics Industries. There is suggestive evidence (mostly based on satellite imagery of launch pad damage revealed by the magazine Jane's Intelligence Review) that Iran had two launch failures in 2012, as well as more speculative evidence of further launch failures since then. The satellite did not seem to make any orbital maneuvers. The orbit decayed from an initial 223 km x 470 km to 196 km x 293 km by February 22, and then after falling to 134 km x 155 km early on February 26 it reentered. The Safir rocket stage orbit decayed a bit more slowly, and was at 203 km x 325 km on Feb 26.

• Ghadr RV - . Nation: Iran. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). Test mission. Impacted in Makran, S Iran..

• Ghadr RV - . Nation: Iran. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). Test mission. Impacted in Makran, S Iran..

• Test payload - . Nation: Iran. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). Test mission. Impacted in S Iran. It was reported that Iran's new Simorgh launch vehicle failed in its initial launch attempt on Apr 19. However, Russian sources suggested that it was a successful suborbital test flight of the rocket..

• RV - . Nation: Iran. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

  Iran made the second known test flight of the Khorramshahr, which was suspected to be a medium range missile based on the Soviet R-27, similar to North Korea's Hwasong-10/Musudan. The missile's reentry vehicle failed to survive reentry, according to US sources.

• Simorgh Test payload - . Payload: -. Nation: Iran. COSPAR: 2017-F04. See Toloo ?. Orbital launch attempt. Impacted Dasht-e-Lut?..

• RVs? - . Nation: Iran. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). Test mission. Impacted Iranian desert?.

• Payam - . Nation: Iran. Type: Comms/Imag F. COSPAR: 2019-F01A.

  See Payam-e Amirkabir (AUTSAT 1, Amir-Kabir 1). The third stage failed to operate correctly and the 100-kg-class satellite payload, "Payam", failed to reach orbit. Planned orbit was 500 x 500 km x 55 deg. If the third stage did not fire at all, the payload probably fell in the Indian Ocean, possibly about 1000 km west of the Cocos Islands.