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2021 · Iranian Space Agency

Simorgh Launch

failure

According to U.S. Space Command, Iran suffered a rocket launch failure early on June 12th. While there are no details available as to which rocket was used, what the payload was or how exactly the launch had failed, OSINT efforts suggest that the launcher used was the Simorgh rocket. This makes it a fourth consecutive failure of the Simorgh launch vehicle.

Overview

Date / time
June 12, 2021 at 12:00 AM UTC
Outcome
failure
Launch site
Imam Khomeini Spaceport
Mission
Classified
Mission type
Classified
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
FailureFailure was reported per US government sources, however the details were not made public.
Launch vehicle
Simorgh →
Launch provider
Iranian Space Agency →