Simorgh | Unknown

Failure reason: Failure due to a problem with the second stage, which failed after 20 seconds of powered flight (of planned 300 seconds).

First test flight of the Simorgh rocket, intended to reach orbit. Pentagon officials confirmed the launch occurred at around 9:30 UTC on Thursday and did not place a satellite in orbit.

Mission type: Test Flight · Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Rocket: Simorgh · Provider: Iranian Space Agency