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Emamshahr

Emamshahr
Credit: © Mark Wade

Emamshahr
Location of Emamshahr
Credit: © Mark Wade

Iranian military testing range. In use for flight test of the Shahab 3 IRBM from 1998.

Longitude: 55.0200 deg.
Latitude: 36.4200 deg.

Associated Countries

Iran Iran, following a thirty year effort to acquire foreign technology however possible, launched its first satellite in 2009. More...

See also

Shahab Iranian derivatives of North Korean Nodong 1 intermediate range ballistic missile, evolved incrementally with Russian assistance into a longer-range missile and the first stage of an orbital launch vehicle. More...

Associated Launch Vehicles

Shahab 3 Iranian intermediate range ballistic missile, evolved incrementally with Russian assistance from initial copy of North Korean Nodong 1 into a longer-range missile and the first stage of an orbital launch vehicle. Initial version began flight tests in 1998. More...

Bibliography

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: here.

Emamshahr Chronology

2003 June 1 - . Launch Site: Emamshahr. LV Family: Shahab. Launch Vehicle: Shahab 3.

Shahab 3 Test Launch 6 - . Nation: Iran. Agency: Revolutionary Guards. Summary: Missile built by Shahid Hemmat IG.