Iran

Emerging space power

Iran runs two space programmes side by side. The civilian Simorgh flies from Semnan and only reached orbit successfully in January 2024, while the military'sQased launches reconnaissance satellites from Shahroud.

We track every launch from Iran. Data updated 7 days ago.

Programmesince 2008

20082025

Safir 2008–2019
, Simorgh since 2016
, Other (2 rockets)
, Qased since 2020

2008first launch2024peak (4 launches)

launches: 25
success: 56%
launches: 25
success: 56%
spaceports: 2

2 spaceports

Where Iran’s launches lift off.

2007202620102020

Semnan

Shahroud

2007202620102020

Fleet overview

5 rockets in Iran's fleet


Simorgh State-operated	State-operated	8	-	Saman-1Dec 6, 2024
Qaem State-operated	State-operated	3	-	Chamran-1Sep 14, 2024
Qased State-operated	State-operated	3	-	Noor-3Sep 27, 2023
Zuljanah State-operated	State-operated	3	-	Zuljanah Flight 3Sep 18, 2025

Launch providers

State-operated launches from Iran

Every launch from Iran has been state-operated. The programme has flown 25 launches across 5 different rockets.

State-operated launches

past launches: 25

Winding downpeak 4 · 2024

Flies Safir (retired) +4flew 1y ago

Full launch history


Sep 18, 202515:00:00 UTCFailure	Zuljanah Flight 3 Iran • Zuljanah	-	Zuljanah	Failure
Dec 6, 202403:14:00 UTC	Saman-1 Iran • Simorgh	-	Simorgh	Success
Sep 14, 202405:58:00 UTC	Chamran-1 Iran • Qaem 100	-	Qaem 100	Success
Jan 28, 202400:02:00 UTC	Mahda Iran • Simorgh	-	Simorgh	Success
Jan 20, 202406:28:00 UTC	Soraya Iran • Qaem 100	-	Qaem 100	Success
Sep 27, 202306:00:00 UTC	Noor-3 Iran • Qased	-	Qased	Success
Mar 4, 202300:00:00 UTCFailure	Nahid-1 Iran • Qaem 100	-	Qaem 100	Failure
Jun 26, 202200:00:00 UTC	Zuljanah Flight 2 Iran • Zuljanah	-	Zuljanah	Success
Mar 8, 202205:06:00 UTC	Noor-2 Iran • Qased	-	Qased	Success
Dec 30, 202103:30:00 UTCFailure	Simorgh Flight 6 Iran • Simorgh	-	Simorgh	Failure
Jun 12, 202100:00:00 UTCFailure	Simorgh Flight 5 Iran • Simorgh	-	Simorgh	Failure
Jan 31, 202100:00:00 UTC	Zuljanah Flight 1 Iran • Zuljanah	-	Zuljanah	Success
Apr 22, 202003:59:00 UTC	Noor-1 Iran • Qased	-	Qased	Success
Feb 9, 202015:45:00 UTCFailure	Zafar-1 Iran • Simorgh	-	Simorgh	Failure
Aug 29, 201900:00:00 UTCPrecluded	Nahid-1 Iran • Safir 1B	-	Safir 1B	Precluded
Feb 5, 201900:00:00 UTCFailure	Dousti Iran • Safir 1B	-	Safir 1B	Failure
Jan 15, 201900:30:00 UTCFailure	Payam-e Amirkabir Iran • Simorgh	-	Simorgh	Failure
Jul 27, 201700:00:00 UTCFailure	Tolou-1 Iran • Simorgh	-	Simorgh	Failure
Apr 19, 201609:33:00 UTC	Simorgh Flight 1 Iran • Simorgh	-	Simorgh	Success
Feb 2, 201508:50:00 UTC	Fajr Iran • Safir 1B	-	Safir 1B	Success
May 23, 201200:00:00 UTCFailure	Fajr Iran • Safir 1B	-	Safir 1B	Failure
Feb 3, 201200:04:00 UTC	Navid Iran • Safir 1B	-	Safir 1B	Success
Jun 15, 201109:14:00 UTC	Rasad 1 Iran • Safir 1A	-	Safir 1A	Success
Feb 2, 200918:36:00 UTC	Omid Iran • Safir 1	-	Safir 1	Success
Aug 16, 200819:32:00 UTCFailure	DemoSat Iran • Safir 1	-	Safir 1	Failure