Iran's Safir-1B rocket, an upgraded variant with a more powerful second stage, placed the 50 kg Navid-e Elm-o Sanat satellite built by Sharif University of Technology students into low Earth orbit to capture Earth-imagery and weather data.
- Outcome
- Success
- Payload to orbit
- 50 kg
- Flight
- 4th
- of 5 Safir flights
- Date and time
- 3 February 2012, 00:04 UTC
- Rocket
- Safir
- Builder
- IRSA
- Launch site
- Safir Launch Pad, Semnan Space Center, Islamic Republic of Iran
- Payload
- Unknown
- International designator
- 2012-005
- Launches in 2012
- 5th of 78
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