Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps launched the Noor-3 military reconnaissance satellite aboard a Qased rocket from Shahroud, placing it in an orbit of about 450 km; it was Iran's third successful Noor imaging satellite.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 15 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 3 Qased flights
- Date and time
- 27 September 2023, 06:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Qased
- Builder
- IRGC AF
- Launch site
- Launch Platform, Shahrud Missile Test Site, Islamic Republic of Iran
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2023-150
- Launches in 2023
- 160th of 223
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