Safir

Safir-1A (Rasad 1)
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Safir-1B (Navid-e-Elm-o-Sanat)
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Safir is an iranian space launcher based on the Kavoshgar-1 sounding rocket, which is a modification of the Shahab-3 IRBM.

The Safir-1 is a two stage vehicle with a stretched Shahab-3 (Nodong type) based first stage, a liquid fueled second stage with two engines. Safir-1A is a slightly improved version. The Safir-1B introduced an new fuel combination for higher thrust of stage one.

Possibly a small solid fuel third stage might be added to improve performance in future versions.

Version	Stage 1	Stage 2
Safir-1	Shahab-3 (str.) / ?	Stage 2 / 2 x ?
Safir-1A	Shahab-3 (str.) / ?	Stage 2 / 2 x ?
Safir-1B	Shahab-3 (impr. str.) / ?	Stage 2 / 2 x ?

Performance (kg)	LEO	SSO	GTO	GEO	MolO	IP
Safir-1	~25	-	-	-	-	-
Safir-1A	~25	-	-	-	-	-
Safir-1B	60	-	-	-	-	-

No:             Type          Serial          Date          LS    Payload

 1      1       Safir-1       OES.0001        17.08.2008 F  Sem   Omid
 2      2       Safir-1       OES.0002        02.02.2009    Sem   Omid
 3      1       Safir-1A      UIS.0001        15.06.2011    Sem   Rasad 1
 4      1       Safir-1B      ERS.2002        03.02.2012    Sem   Navid-e-Elm-o-Sanat

 
Planned: 

 5      2       Safir-1B      .               xx.xx.2012    Sem   Fajr


Launch Sites:

Sem = Semnan


Failures:

Flight 1: Second stage lost control. Unclear, if orbital attempt or suborbital test flight.