Iranian space program

[Sandhi Yudha]

On 8 March 2022, the Nur 2/Nour 2 satellite was launched from the Shahroud desert using the Quased rocket to an orbit of 500 km above Earth.

Nour 2 | Qased | Next Spaceflight

A Qased rocket launched with Nour 2 from Launch Platform at Shahrud Missile Test Site, Iran on Tuesday March Tu, 2022 at 05:06 UTC.

nextspaceflight.com

Iran successfully places homegrown satellite Nour-2 in low Earth orbit

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force successfully places its second homegrown satellite dubbed Nour-2 in orbit.

www.presstv.ir

And now the first photos are published.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1523709054605926400

 

[Masquerader]

The Simorgh SLV carried out its first successful orbital launch on January 28, 2024, after a number of failed orbital flights.

https://caspiannews.com/news-detail/iran-successfully-launches-three-satellites-simultaneously-using-domestic-satellite-launch-vehicle-2024-1-29-0/

Iran launches 3 satellites on Simorgh rocket's 1st successful orbital launch

The launch was immediately condemned by several Western nations.

www.space.com