Iran's Safir rocket placed the domestically built Omid satellite into low Earth orbit, timed to the 30th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution and making Iran the ninth nation to launch its own satellite.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 25 kg
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 5 Safir flights
- Date and time
- 2 February 2009, 18:34 UTC
- Rocket
- Safir
- Builder
- IRSA
- Launch site
- Safir Launch Pad, Semnan Space Center, Islamic Republic of Iran
- Payload
- Test Flight
- International designator
- 2009-004
- Launches in 2009
- 4th of 78
See it in orbit
Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.
Object pages on Space Atlas: Omid
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