Iran's IRGC Aerospace Force launched the Qased rocket from Shahroud, placing the Noor-2 military reconnaissance satellite into low Earth orbit — the country's first successful orbital launch in nearly two years.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 15 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 3 Qased flights
- Date and time
- 8 March 2022, 05:06 UTC
- Rocket
- Qased
- Builder
- IRGC AF
- Launch site
- Launch Platform, Shahrud Missile Test Site, Islamic Republic of Iran
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2022-024
- Launches in 2022
- 25th of 186
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