launched from Iran

Navak-1

Failure
FEB 18202500:00:00 UTC

The Simorgh flew in its Saman-1 kick-stage configuration for the second time, making Iran's first attempt to reach geostationary transfer orbit. The mission failed.

Navak-1 was a 34 kg technology demonstrator equipped with a dosimetry payload to measure cosmic radiation and a magnetometer to characterize Earth's magnetic field.

launched from LP-2 Semnan

aboard Simorgh Saman-1 into GTO

Payload

Navak-1

Technology demonstration

last updated Jun 22, 2026