Simorgh

updated 12 days ago

Iranian small-lift orbital rocket

Iran's civilian space rocket, named after the legendary bird from Persian myth. Simorgh failed on its first five orbital attempts between 2017 and 2021; the first successful orbital insertion came in January 2024, and it flew again in December 2024 with its heaviest payload yet.

We track every Simorgh launch.

Servicesince 2016

20162024

2016first flight

launches: 8
success: 38%
upcoming: —

Full launch history


Dec 6, 202403:14:00 UTC	Saman-1 Iran • Simorgh	-	Simorgh	Success
Jan 28, 202400:02:00 UTC	Mahda Iran • Simorgh	-	Simorgh	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
Feb 9, 202015:45:00 UTCFailure	Zafar-1 Iran • Simorgh	-	Simorgh	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