Maiden flight of Iran's IRGC-operated Qased rocket, placing the Noor-1 satellite into an orbit of roughly 425 km. It was Iran's first military satellite, launched on a vehicle whose solid-fuel first stage derives from the Ghadr ballistic missile.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 15 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 1st
- of 3 Qased flights
- Date and time
- 22 April 2020, 03:58 UTC
- Rocket
- Qased
- Builder
- IRGC AF
- Launch site
- Launch Platform, Shahrud Missile Test Site, Islamic Republic of Iran
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2020-024
- Launches in 2020
- 27th of 114
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