Mahda, Keyhan-2 & Hatef-1

Iran's Simorgh rocket placed three small satellites, Mahda, Kayhan-2 and Hatef-1, into low Earth orbit on a single flight, a mission Tehran declared a success after several earlier Simorgh failures.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

42 kg

Flight

5th

of 6 Simorgh flights

Date and time

28 January 2024, 00:04 UTC

Rocket

Simorgh

Builder

IRSA

Launch site

Imam Khomeini Spaceport, Semnan Space Center, Islamic Republic of Iran

Payload

Technology

International designator

2024-018

Launches in 2024

18th of 263

See it in orbit

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