Iran's Simorgh rocket carried the Payam-e Amirkabir Earth-imaging satellite, built by Amirkabir University of Technology, toward low Earth orbit from Imam Khomeini Spaceport. A malfunction in the rocket's third stage kept the satellite from reaching orbit; it fell into the Indian Ocean, drawing US criticism over dual-use missile technology.
- Outcome
- Failure
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- Did not reach orbit
- Flight
- 1st
- of 6 Simorgh flights
- Date and time
- 15 January 2019, 00:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Simorgh
- Builder
- IRSA
- Launch site
- Imam Khomeini Spaceport, Semnan Space Center, Islamic Republic of Iran
- Payload
- Earth Science
- Launches in 2019
- 3rd of 102